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In times when data privacy has become a headline cliché, Chen Feng's vision for Trusted Execution Environments as a foundation for #ConfidentialAI offers a technical and philosophical framework. In his capacity as Head of Research at #AutonomysNetwork and UBC Professor, Feng cloaks #TEE as 'digital castles'-fortified islands where AI agents are sovereign over their logic and data. This metaphor gives an architectural significance to the otherwise highly abstruse domain of privacy technology and thereby states the mission of Autonomys network in the language of security concepts.
His insights are quite captivating for me as a social miner on @DAO Labs #SocialMining Ecosystem.

#AI3

Why TEEs Outperform Cryptographic Alternatives
The cryptographic toolkit already contains ZKPs and FHEs, Feng says, but TEEs are special because they combine performance and security. Zero-knowledge proofs never come free speed overhead, and homomorphic encryption slows computation down by a factor of 10,000; TEEs, on the contrary, just isolate the execution in hardware so that the execution virtually runs at native speed. For any autonomous agents facing real-time decisions-crush decisions about trading crypto assets or handling sensitive health data, this performance differential is truly existential.
Autonomys’ choice reflects this calculus. By integrating TEEs at the infrastructure layer, they create environments where:
AI models process data without exposing inputs/outputsCryptographic attestations prove code executed as intendedMemory remains encrypted even during computation
As Feng notes: “When deployed, the system operates independently within its secure enclave, with cryptographic proof that its responses...are genuinely its own”. This combination of autonomy and verifiability addresses what Feng calls the “Oracle Problem of AI” – ensuring agents act independently without hidden manipulation.

Privacy as Non-Negotiable Infrastructure
The podcast presents very worrying scenarios: AI therapists leaking mental health data, bot traders being front-run through model theft, etc. Feng's solution: ensure that privacy is the default through TEEs rather than making it an opt-in feature. Aligning with this is Autonomys' vision of "permanent on-chain agents" that retain data sovereignty along interactions.
Critically, TEEs not only conceal data but also safeguard the integrity of AI reasoning. As Feng's team demonstrated with their Eliza framework, attestations produced with TEEs allow users to verify that an agent's decisions stem from its original programming and have not been subjected to adversarial tampering. For Web3's agent-centric future, this goes from trusting institutions to trusting computation that can be verified.

Strategic Implications for Web3
Autonomys’ TEE implementation reveals three strategic advantages:
Interoperability: Agents can securely interact across chains and services without exposing internal states.Composability: TEE-secured modules stack like LEGO bricks for complex workflows.Sustainability: Hardware-based security avoids the energy costs of pure cryptographic approaches.
As Feng summed up: "These TEEs provide an environment wherein these systems can operate independently without manipulation even by their original creators". With the AI space being dominated by centralized players, this view provides a blueprint for true decentralized intelligence-an intelligence whose capability is not gained through compromise of privacy.
Moving forward, the route entities in the ecosystem must collaborate. Autonomys' partnerships with projects such as Rome Protocol for cross-chain storage and STP for agent memory management is the implication that they are not only building technology but also building the connective tissue for confidential AI ecosystems. Now, should more developers take this castle-first approach, we might finally begin to develop AI systems that enable and not exploit, thereby fulfilling the Web3 promise of user-owned intelligence.

متحمس لمشاركة شهادة إكمال أكاديمية بينانس لدورة: الحوسبة خارج السلسلة باستخدام معالجات TEE المساعدة! 🥳
كانت هذه رحلة عميقة مذهلة في عالم بيئات التنفيذ الموثوقة (TEEs) وكيف تفتح الحوسبة الآمنة خارج السلسلة القابلة للتوسع لتطبيقات الجيل التالي، خاصة لحالات استخدام الذكاء الاصطناعي والتمويل اللامركزي.
شكر كبير لفريق مارلين على الشراكة ومحتوى الدورة الرائع! تعلمت كثيرًا عن شبكتهم Oyster.
جاهز لبناء بعض التطبيقات اللامركزية الأسرع، والأكثر خصوصية، والأكثر قوة! لنوسع Web3! 🚀

This article is the result of a personal inquiry rather than a technical analysis. Because as a content producer, I work very closely with artificial intelligence while shaping the content, and in every process, I question both my own knowledge and its suggestions separately and try to reach a conclusion.
Especially on platforms like @DAO Labs that encourage participation, this relationship with artificial intelligence agents is really important. With these agents, we try to think, decide and even understand some issues even better. And in this process, it becomes inevitable to question the systems that create content as much as producing it. That's why I asked myself: “Will I be this comfortable with my personal data?”
In the age of #AI3 , security is not only a matter of the system, but also of the user. And trust often starts not from complex cryptographic terms, but from something much more human: Understanding. That's why this article starts with the questions I, as a user, have been asking. And it seeks to answer them honestly, with the official sources available to us.

The first concept I came across was #TEE : Trusted Execution Environment. In Dr. Chen Feng's definition, these systems are isolated structures built in an untrusted environment; areas that are closed to outside intervention and can only be accessed within certain rules. It is possible to think of it as a kind of fortress, but this fortress is not built outside the system, but right inside it. The agent works here, the data is processed here and no one from the outside can see what is happening. Everything sounds very secure. But I still have a very basic question in my mind: Who built this castle? Who has the key to the door? And at this point a new question popped up in my mind: How secure is this structure really? #ConfidentialAI
It would be too optimistic to assume that this structure is foolproof, no matter how protected it looks. Because it is usually the hardware manufacturer that builds these spaces, which brings us to the inevitable trust relationship. Of course, over time, vulnerabilities have been discovered in some TEE implementations. However, the issue here is not only whether this structure is flawless or not, but also how these structures are used and what they are supported with. Today, these systems are not considered as standalone solutions, but as part of larger and more balanced architectures. This makes them logical, but not absolute.

This is why system design makes sense not only by relying on one method, but by balancing different technologies. There are alternative solutions. For example, ZKP, Zero-Knowledge Proof, manages to verify the accuracy of information while keeping its content secret. Or systems such as MPC, which process data by breaking it up and sharing it between multiple parties. These are impressive methods. In the past, these technologies were thought to be slow, but there have been significant advances in speed in recent years. As Dr. Feng puts it, we may have to wait until the end of the century for these technologies to mature. As much as this sentence speaks of a technical reality, it is also striking.

Now I come to the real question: Where does #AutonomysNetwork fit into all this? Is this project just a promise of privacy, or is it really building a different architecture? I'm more interested in the answer to this question because I don't just want to trust the technology; I also want to know how the system works. Autonomys doesn't leave TEE alone. It protects the agent's actions within TEE and records the rationale for its decisions in the chain. These records are made permanent through PoAS, Proof of Archival Storage. In other words, the decision history cannot be deleted or changed. This ensures that the system is not only secret but also accountable. The agents are creating their own memories. And even when verifying my identity, the system does not reveal my data. This detail is supported by the ZKP.
But I still believe that when evaluating these systems, it is important to consider not only the technology, but also the structure within which it works. After all, I didn't build the system, I didn't write the code, but Autonomys' approach tries to include me in the process instead of excluding me. The fact that the agents' decisions are explainable, their memories are stored in the chain, and the system is auditable makes the concept of trust more tangible. As Dr. Feng puts it: “Trust begins where you are given the right to question the system from the inside.”
At this point, security is not only about whether the system is closed or not, but also about how much of what is happening inside can be understood. True security begins with the user being able to ask questions of the system and understand the answers they receive. While Autonomys' TEE architecture may not be the ultimate solution on its own, when combined with complementary logging mechanisms, verification layers like PoAS, and identity protection solutions, it offers a multi-layered and holistic approach.
The fact that Dr. Chen Feng, who has a strong academic background in artificial intelligence, is behind such a detailed structure demonstrates that this approach is not random but rather deliberate and research-based. In my opinion, this is precisely what elevates Autonomys from being an ordinary privacy initiative to a more serious framework.
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POND币：被低估的Web3基础设施核心？深度剖析其潜力与挑战

POND（Marlin Protocol）作为Layer-0赛道的AI Tee关键项目，近期因市场波动和生态进展引发广泛关注。目标：0.5美金-1美金，现在还是早期， 埃隆马斯克他都看好人工智能ai：pond，建议逢低上车，目前狗庄和大户都在做高抛低吸，关注支撑位：0.00506-0.00512给到即可博弈，这两天在试盘，未来价格上去将是黑马，而且热度上来还会出永续合约，pond就是被低估的价值币

🔍 项目定位：Web3的“网络加速器”

Marlin是一个专注于提升区块链网络性能的基础设施协议，通过低延迟通信、可扩展性解决方案和跨链互操作性，为DeFi和Web3应用提供高速数据传播服务。其核心产品包括：

· 中继网络：优化节点间区块传输速度，已集成Polygon、Solana等主流公链。
· 双代币模型：POND用于日常交易与质押，MPOND用于高级治理，形成经济闭环。$POND $ETH $BNB #隐私币生态普涨 #币安合约实盘 #加密市场回调 #内容挖矿升级 #TEE

يمتلك نظام التمويل اللامركزي اليوم عيبًا هيكليًا: إعداداته الافتراضية، والمعلومات، والإجراءات عامة.
كل صفقة مقصودة، وكل عتبة تصفية، وكل رصيد محفظة مرئي عالميًا، قبل وأثناء وبعد التنفيذ. بينما كانت الشفافية ضرورية لبناء الثقة الأولية، فقد أنشأت سطح هجوم اقتصادي ضخم.
هذه الرؤية هي المادة الخام للقيمة القابلة للاستخراج القصوى (MEV). إنها ضريبة غير مرئية حيث تتقدم الروبوتات في التنفيذ، وتعود، و"تقوم بعملية السندويتش" للتداولات لأنهم يستطيعون رؤية النية قبل حدوثها. هذا ليس نظريًا؛ إنه صناعة تقدر بملايين الدولارات من استخراج القيمة التي تزدهر فقط على حقيقة أن استراتيجيتك عامة.