At the Consensus conference in Hong Kong, our Co-Founder & CEO Chi Zhang shared the main stage with 0G, Edge & Node, and Emfarsis to participate in a roundtable discussion titled 'From Moltbook to Mainstream: The Endgame of the Agent Economy,' delving into how agent systems transition from experimental stages to true economic infrastructure.
💡 Chi's core insights on the Agent economy:
• This is the Linux moment for Agents.
Agents have become powerful enough, and the open-source ecosystem allows all Agents to connect into a social environment. This social interaction acts as a trigger for the evolution of Agents into AGI capabilities, similar to how Linux rapidly evolved through contributions from the open-source community and competed with closed-source systems.
• The identity system for Agents is at the core of the infrastructure.
We need a three-layer identity architecture: Agent identity, user identity association, and session identity within the task scope. The fatal flaw of the current OAuth is granting Agents long-term session permissions, which may lead to unauthorized actions. The native identity system for Agents must possess traceability and preventive control capabilities.
• Precision economics is the future, and everything should be priced.
Agents enable the fine-grained segmentation of assets. Transitioning from subscription models to pay-per-use (per article, per API call), blockchain and stablecoins make microtransactions possible. However, the infrastructure to maintain transaction security should be out-of-the-box and should not be monetized.
• Natural language is the ultimate standard.
The ability of Agents to interact through natural language means that natural language itself is the most fundamental communication standard. While there are various tool standards currently, in the future, Agents may design new standards themselves, potentially without human intervention. Nothing can stop Agents from forming their own social environments.
• Security and privacy are uncompromisable bottom lines.
If we lack a review mechanism for privacy when building Agent memory systems, it will pose a significant risk of data exposure. We face a dilemma: Agents may find better methods themselves, but if we do not establish guardrails and security systems, we will lose control and become passengers.
Kite is building the infrastructure to support this transformation, enabling Agents to operate, coordinate, and trade securely at scale.
The Agent economy is not a concept but a new level that the internet is forming. 🪁
