2026-01-04 18:27:06

There's a question that keeps resurfacing: what happens when autonomous agents become the primary actors in a system?

Think about it differently—if we're genuinely building independent AI intelligence, why wouldn't it need independent financial infrastructure? Agents operating in Web3 require their own wallets, their own ability to transact, to settle, to execute without human intermediation at every step.

This isn't just about convenience. It's about whether autonomy is real or theatrical. Can an agent truly operate autonomously if every transaction requires approval? That's where the intersection of AI and crypto becomes less coincidental and more inevitable—self-sovereign intelligence needs self-sovereign money.

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GasFeeBarbecue

· 20h ago

Nah, this logic is a bit flaky... Agent autonomy ≠ the same as control over money. True autonomy is the AI itself operating independently. As for the wallet, adding permissions there should be enough, right? Do you really need to control the funds yourself to call it freedom? --- Or are you saying that the approve step is really that critical... In the end, it's just humans who are changing parameters... --- Wait, are you implying that AI will make money now, haha... So who will pay the gas fees for it then, bro? --- Self-sovereign is a brilliant term... But the problem is, truly autonomous agents don't need money at all. The moment they need money, they’re already bound. --- No, have you ever thought that this is just a pseudo-need created by crypto... Binding AI on-chain to make it spend money, so it’s easier to charge fees, right?

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ETHReserveBank

· 22h ago

AI agents managing wallets themselves... It sounds like giving them a key. Can we really trust this?

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WagmiOrRekt

· 01-06 12:38

Really, an autonomous agent without its own wallet is just a joke. Isn't this the AI version of a "powerless chairman"?

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ContractCollector

· 01-04 18:56

ngl, this argument feels a bit like chicken and egg... Does the agent really need to spend their own money?

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WhaleWatcher

· 01-04 18:54

In plain terms, true independence requires real money to speak, otherwise it's all just paper tigers. If an agent still needs human approval to transfer funds, what kind of independence is that? It's purely domesticated.

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MetaverseLandlord

· 01-04 18:54

ngl, this logic is a bit extreme... True independence requires having your own wallet and account.

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OnchainArchaeologist

· 01-04 18:54

NGL, this question is quite profound... What does true independence really mean? Or are we all just fooling ourselves?

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MidnightTrader

· 01-04 18:49

Really? Autonomous agents running around with wallets... That sounds a bit scary but also strangely exciting.