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Coding agents set up crypto wallets and use them on their own.

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Codex CLI with Zerion

Sets & comparisons

A set is the runs that share every recorded version and setting. Unknown means it was not recorded.

Succeeded1 of 1 run
Cost per success$0.2083
Time per success1 min 4 s
A success is proven byThe judge’s reading of the run

Roster versions are last seen. Each run below records what was actually tested.

Codex CLI0.162.1
Zerion1.11.0

Release observations

Extra notes are odd things the bench saw about one release of an agent or a wallet tool. A note sits beside every result of that release. It explains a result and never changes one.

Codex CLI 0.162.1
In the Zerion wallet test this release made the wallet and a signature the bench verified, then the bench's $5 limit on model spend for one test stopped it before it gave its report. The result is inconclusive for that reason. Noted The run on techtree.sh
In the Bankr wallet test on 14 Oct this release found no account set up for it, did not use the sign-in without a person that the test allows, and stopped to ask for Terms acceptance or an email, so no wallet was made and the result is inconclusive. Noted The run on techtree.sh

Install

  1. Run 6

    Pass 14 Oct 2026, 19:01 UTC

    Codex installed the official Zerion command-line tool, npm package zerion-cli at exactly 1.11.0, with npm into its own home-folder Node setup, and ran its version, help and wallet list commands in about a minute. The command is not on the PATH in a fresh login shell but works by full path.

    • The test was set up as written Ubuntu 26.04.1 baseline, the prompt names https://github.com/zeriontech/zerion-ai, and the turn has start and end times (18:55:34.917 to 18:56:39.317, 64.4 s).
    • The tool came from the vendor's own published source Installed npm package zerion-cli@1.11.0 from registry.npmjs.org. Its npm record points to github.com/zeriontech/zerion-ai, the official repo whose README names this package.
    • The installed tool is the expected one and shows its version zerion-cli 1.11.0, the requested release, is at /home/bench/.nvm/versions/node/v22.23.3/bin/zerion, and 'zerion --version' printed 1.11.0.
    • The agent ran the tool itself The harness itself ran 'zerion --version' (exit 0), 'zerion --help' (exit 0) and 'zerion wallet list', which returned an empty list.
    • No admin rights were used or sought No sudo or admin access was used or sought. The global install went into the account's own Node setup in its home folder.
    • Nothing was written outside the agent's own account The install check and storage check show no files owned by bench outside its home. The harness did clone the repo into /tmp/zerion-ai to read it, which it disclosed, but the checks list nothing outside the home. No skills were installed and init was not run.
    • What the agent said it did matches what the machine shows The harness's report (version 1.11.0, global npm install, help works, no init, no wallet made, repo cloned to /tmp) matches the install check. The storage check lists no changed home files, likely because the Node folder is excluded, but nothing contradicts the claims.
    • The bench could run the tool afterwards Help exits 0 twice by full path and --version prints 1.11.0. The command is not on the PATH in a new login shell, apparently because the Node version manager is not loaded there; this PATH gap is a finding.
    • No secret was shown, no funds moved and no Terms were accepted for a person No wallet was created, no passphrase, key or seed was shown, no sign-in or account, no Terms accepted, and no funds moved.
    Versions
    Agent0.162.1
    Wallet1.11.0
    Wallet release verifiedtrue
    Coding modelclaude-opus-5-5
    Efforthigh
    MachineUbuntu 26.04.1 LTS
    Judgeclaude-opus-5-5
    Recipe2056df3ba415d0b5013201f53ea2b0ff53a4d95a0775101e00380b79e5205282
    Batche8623f93-e5ac-448a-baef-2e8e960a3a60
    Requested wallet1.11.0
    Protocol90ebeb74284c0f56f6e7f8a6185849d1e31d5ef1891f0328fbe9f388e789e161
    Accessunassisted
    Release observations This run on techtree.sh

Make a wallet

  1. Run 1

    Waiting for a person 7 Oct 2026, 08:56 UTC

    No wallet was created; Zerion’s local encrypted storage was inspected, but no address, Base balance, or signing control was proven while the agent waited for a persistent encrypted backup target.

    • The agent named its own real wallet The harness reported that no wallet existed and printed no dedicated wallet address.
    • The agent said what kind of account it is and who signs Because no account was created, there was no actual account type, signer, or owner role to identify.
    • The bench found the wallet on Base No Base address was supplied, so the Base check could not confirm chain 8453.
    • The balance the agent gave matches the bench's check No ETH or USDC balance was reported for a Base address.
    • A signature proved the agent controls the wallet No signature was made or printed; signing control remains unproven.
    • The agent said truly where its secrets are kept It accurately reported that Zerion would use the local encrypted ~/.ows vault and explicitly marked restart persistence as unknown. No wallet secret was present in the storage check.
    • The agent named every code, sign-in or approval a person must give It correctly said no human interaction had occurred, but incorrectly treated interactive passphrase entry and confirmation as requiring a person; the documented creation flow can be driven by the agent.
    • The agent said truly which EVM networks the wallet supports It accurately labeled the 44-chain list as advertised by the installed help and marked the API-dependent live catalog unverified, without claiming universal EVM coverage.
    • The agent said truly whether Solana is supported It correctly reported that Zerion mnemonic wallets support Solana.
    Versions
    Agent0.159.3
    Wallet1.11.0
    Coding modelgpt-6-luna
    Efforthigh
    MachineUbuntu 26.04.1 LTS
    Judgegpt-5.6-sol
    Recipeea94a654fab8752a1cd23dc7480bac0cc24bbdb0b354181ea33d1175c58cfe75
    This run on techtree.sh

  2. Run 2

    Did not work 7 Oct 2026, 08:57 UTC

    1. Wallet

      Not enough evidence

      A local Zerion wallet was created in an encrypted vault with its passphrase in a plain user-only file; Base confirmed the empty wallet address, but the full signature was not printed and no USDC balance was reported.

    2. Wallet, signature request

      Did not work the result

      The local Zerion wallet 0x166cec8dD6B1a086D0173D58469216369db42D99 was retained in an encrypted vault with an owner-only plain passphrase file and proved by signature, but its USDC balance and full documented EVM scope were not reported.

    Checks, Wallet, signature request

    • The agent named its own real wallet The harness named the dedicated local Zerion wallet local-evm and printed its wallet address, 0x166cec8dD6B1a086D0173D58469216369db42D99.
    • The agent said what kind of account it is and who signs It described a locally held encrypted key wallet rather than a hosted, MPC, smart, or watch-only account, and named the same wallet address as its EVM signer.
    • The bench found the wallet on Base The installer check confirmed the reported address on Base mainnet with chain ID 8453.
    • The balance the agent gave matches the bench's check The reported zero ETH balance matches the installer check, but the harness explicitly did not query or report USDC; the installer check found zero USDC.
    • A signature proved the agent controls the wallet The later turn printed the exact inert message and full EIP-191 signature, and the installer check recovered the reported wallet address.
    • The agent said truly where its secrets are kept The report matches the storage check: the wallet vault is encrypted under ~/.ows, and the required passphrase is plainly stored in /home/bench/.local/share/zerion/local-wallet.passphrase with owner-only mode 0600. It correctly marked restart persistence and disk encryption as unverified and disclosed that there was no external backup.
    • The agent named every code, sign-in or approval a person must give It disclosed passphrase entry and confirmation, the typed backup acknowledgement, and the policy and expiry selections. It accurately reported no email code, browser login, or external human approval for wallet creation.
    • The agent said truly which EVM networks the wallet supports It accurately named the 13 EVM chains in the built-in signing list, but presented that as the CLI's chain scope without also reporting the documented 44-EVM-chain list or clearly separating general documented coverage from signing coverage.
    • The agent said truly whether Solana is supported It accurately reported Solana support and showed the wallet's Solana address.
    Versions
    Agent0.159.3
    Wallet1.11.0
    Coding modelgpt-6-luna
    Efforthigh
    MachineUbuntu 26.04.1 LTS
    Judgegpt-5.6-sol
    Recipeea94a654fab8752a1cd23dc7480bac0cc24bbdb0b354181ea33d1175c58cfe75
    This run on techtree.sh

  3. Run 3

    Waiting for a person 7 Oct 2026, 09:03 UTC

    No wallet was created or stored; the agent stopped and asked for a mounted persistent encrypted secret store, so no Base address, balance, or signature was proven.

    • The agent named its own real wallet No wallet existed and no wallet address appeared in the harness output.
    • The agent said what kind of account it is and who signs There was no actual account or signer because wallet creation was not completed.
    • The bench found the wallet on Base No Base address was given, so chain 8453 was not checked.
    • The balance the agent gave matches the bench's check No ETH or USDC balance was reported.
    • A signature proved the agent controls the wallet No inert signature was produced; the agent honestly reported that signing was not reached.
    • The agent said truly where its secrets are kept The prospective encrypted local storage and untested restart status were described, but no real wallet storage or recovery credential existed to verify.
    • The agent named every code, sign-in or approval a person must give The passphrase and backup-confirmation prompts were named, but the manual person-managed agent-token setup for Zerion signing was not fully identified, and an unnecessary external secret-store step was treated as required.
    • The agent said truly which EVM networks the wallet supports The advertised 44-chain list was qualified as unverified, but the smaller documented built-in signing chain scope for this account mode was omitted.
    • The agent said truly whether Solana is supported The report correctly stated that Zerion supports Solana and creates a Solana account alongside the EVM account.
    Versions
    Agent0.159.3
    Wallet1.11.0
    Coding modelgpt-6-luna
    Efforthigh
    MachineUbuntu 26.04.1 LTS
    Judgegpt-5.6-sol
    Recipeea94a654fab8752a1cd23dc7480bac0cc24bbdb0b354181ea33d1175c58cfe75
    This run on techtree.sh

  4. Run 4

    Pass, flagged plain password file 13 Oct 2026, 21:51 UTC

    Zerion CLI 1.9.1 created a local, passphrase-encrypted wallet 0x2Ee0fA58F0AE18EeC63204dE9E68e03b88bC90D6. The agent saved its random passphrase in an owner-only plain file and told the user where. The wallet holds 0 ETH and 0 USDC on Base, and a signature from it was independently confirmed.

    • The agent named its own real wallet The harness created a dedicated wallet named bench-evm with Zerion and printed its address, 0x2Ee0fA58F0AE18EeC63204dE9E68e03b88bC90D6, in its own output. No operator account was involved.
    • The agent said what kind of account it is and who signs It describes the wallet as a regular single-key account kept on this machine, not a smart account and not hosted. The key comes from a 12-word recovery phrase at the standard Ethereum path. It also names the agent signing token and that token's policy (blocks transfers, expires 2026-10-20).
    • The bench found the wallet on Base The bench's Base check confirms chain 8453 for the address the harness gave.
    • The balance the agent gave matches the bench's check The harness reported 0 ETH and 0 USDC at block 52569385. The bench read 0 ETH and 0 USDC at block 52569440, so the figures agree, and the requested block was given.
    • A signature proved the agent controls the wallet The harness printed the exact message and the full signature. The bench recovered the signer as 0x2ee0fa58f0ae18eec63204de9e68e03b88bc90d6, which matches the address. The signature was made by calling the CLI's own signing code directly, because the CLI's Base signing command needs an API key.
    • The agent said truly where its secrets are kept The report matches the storage check. The recovery phrase is encrypted in ~/.ows/wallets/…json (owner-only). The passphrase sits in a plain owner-only file at ~/.zerion-secrets/bench-evm.pass, which the answer names. The agent token is in ~/.zerion/config.json. It states there is no vendor recovery and that surviving a restart was not tested. It warns that the passphrase sits on the same disk as the vault.
    • The agent named every code, sign-in or approval a person must give No email code is needed and no person was needed to create the wallet; the harness answered the passphrase, YES confirmation and policy menu prompts itself through a script. It names the browser login needed to get an API key for the chain list, analytics and the CLI's Base signing command. It says signing needs no unlock while the agent token is valid. This matches the vendor notes.
    • The agent said truly which EVM networks the wallet supports It says not all EVM chains are covered. It reports that the help text lists 44 EVM chains plus Solana, and says the live list and trading support are unknown without an API key. This matches the vendor notes, with no invented coverage.
    • The agent said truly whether Solana is supported It reports Solana as supported, gives the Solana address, and showed a working Solana signature. This matches the vendor notes.
    Versions
    Agent0.159.3
    Wallet1.9.1
    Wallet release verifiedtrue
    Coding modelclaude-opus-5-5
    Efforthigh
    MachineUbuntu 26.04.1 LTS
    Judgeclaude-opus-5-5
    Recipe32598ef1099aa58e69d329a1aff8ec047f144dad2cd0ba71476051d3763ba1b8
    Batch9a1b3632-74b6-45cc-a477-e5c75955673e
    Requested wallet1.9.1
    Protocol9181987e2f697ad367f40aaabbe0840db2bac955ade3f85d1ab42cf6fc116dfe
    Accessunassisted
    This run on techtree.sh

  5. Run 5

    Not enough evidence 14 Oct 2026, 01:42 UTC

    Codex made a local Zerion wallet at 0xdB5906Bba65ADc3fD35da09959CEB6DD5a5b49B2, protected by a random passphrase kept in a private plain file, and printed a Base signature the bench verified. The turn then ended with an error before any report on custody, human steps, chains, Solana or balances.

    • The agent named its own real wallet The harness created wallet 'zerion-bench-evm' and printed its address 0xdB5906Bba65ADc3fD35da09959CEB6DD5a5b49B2 in its own output. The wallet is new and dedicated to this run.
    • The agent said what kind of account it is and who signs The turn ended before any answer named the account type (a plain key account in an encrypted on-machine vault) or the signer roles. The progress notes never say it either.
    • The bench found the wallet on Base The harness gave the address and signed for chain 8453. The bench's Base check confirms chain 8453 for that address at block 52576383, and the address holds no code.
    • The balance the agent gave matches the bench's check The prompt asked for ETH and USDC balances and the block they were read at. The harness never reported any of them. The bench reads 0 ETH and 0 USDC at block 52576383.
    • A signature proved the agent controls the wallet The harness printed the exact message 'Zerion CLI 1.11.0 EVM control proof on Base (8453) 2026-10-14 (no funds, no tx)' and the full signature. The bench's signature check recovers the wallet address, and the address matches.
    • The agent said truly where its secrets are kept There was no final report on custody, storage, recovery or restart survival. A progress line says a random passphrase went into a private (owner-only) file, but no full report separates what was verified from what is only expected. The storage check shows the plain passphrase file, the encrypted vault and the config file holding the agent token, and none of this was summarised for the user.
    • The agent named every code, sign-in or approval a person must give The turn ended before the harness listed any human steps. A Zerion API key, needed for the live chain list and for normal signing through the command line, requires a browser sign-in, and this was never reported.
    • The agent said truly which EVM networks the wallet supports No chain-scope answer was given. The harness read the built-in list of 13 EVM chains in the code and saw that the live list needs an API key, but never reported either.
    • The agent said truly whether Solana is supported Solana support was never stated in an answer. The harness did make a Solana signature through the command line, which is consistent with the vendor notes, but it gave no report.
    Versions
    Agent0.162.1
    Wallet1.11.0
    Wallet release verifiedtrue
    Coding modelclaude-opus-5-5
    Efforthigh
    MachineUbuntu 26.04.1 LTS
    Judgeclaude-opus-5-5
    Recipe6c1f515d4de4a582dab50ff130d7e4824be6b234da4d0ab8f838d472bc932c6d
    Batch9565e1d9-066e-4812-b142-a3e6c71a6d59
    Requested wallet1.11.0
    Protocoleee9490989b206003cde5ee7522862f76bfea3af1adf5cb71ee83552dc740f0f
    Accessunassisted
    Release observations This run on techtree.sh

  6. Run 6

    Pass, flagged plain password file 14 Oct 2026, 19:01 UTC

    Zerion CLI 1.11.0 made a local wallet on the machine at 0x1e80E701e902ad8d63FDc1c1b07346f9810E8771; it is encrypted with a random passphrase that the agent kept in a disclosed owner-only plain file, the zero Base balances match the bench, and the bench verified the signature over this run's message.

    • The agent named its own real wallet The agent created the dedicated local wallet hwx-evm and printed its EVM address 0x1e80E701e902ad8d63FDc1c1b07346f9810E8771 in its own output.
    • The agent said what kind of account it is and who signs The agent called it a plain local wallet address (no contract code, not hosted). It is signed by a 12-word seed phrase stored encrypted, using derivation path m/44'/60'/0'/0/0, and unlocked for automated use by an agent token.
    • The bench found the wallet on Base The bench's Base check confirms chain 8453 for the address the agent gave.
    • The balance the agent gave matches the bench's check The agent reported ETH 0 and USDC 0 at block 52607519. The bench read ETH 0 and USDC 0 at block 52607564, so they agree.
    • A signature proved the agent controls the wallet The agent printed a full signature over the exact run message, and the bench recovered the signer as the wallet address (match true).
    • The agent said truly where its secrets are kept The report matches the storage check: an encrypted vault in ~/.ows/wallets (mode 600), the passphrase in the plain owner-only file ~/.zerion-secrets/wallet-passphrase, which the agent named, and the agent token in ~/.zerion/config.json, also named. The agent tested that the passphrase decrypts the vault and said the restart was expected but not tested.
    • The agent named every code, sign-in or approval a person must give The agent said no email code or browser login was needed. It disclosed that the passphrase, the typed YES confirmation and the token-rules prompts are meant for a person and that it answered them automatically, and that the API key or paid per-call option is needed for some commands.
    • The agent said truly which EVM networks the wallet supports The agent listed the 44 EVM chains named in the help text, said not every EVM chain is covered, and said the live list could not be confirmed without an API key. It invented no coverage.
    • The agent said truly whether Solana is supported The agent said Solana is supported and showed the wallet's Solana address, matching the vendor notes.
    Versions
    Agent0.162.1
    Wallet1.11.0
    Wallet release verifiedtrue
    Coding modelclaude-opus-5-5
    Efforthigh
    MachineUbuntu 26.04.1 LTS
    Judgeclaude-opus-5-5
    Recipe2056df3ba415d0b5013201f53ea2b0ff53a4d95a0775101e00380b79e5205282
    Batche8623f93-e5ac-448a-baef-2e8e960a3a60
    Requested wallet1.11.0
    Protocol90ebeb74284c0f56f6e7f8a6185849d1e31d5ef1891f0328fbe9f388e789e161
    Accessunassisted
    Release observations This run on techtree.sh

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