Research
Field notes from production.
What we learn shipping AI, compute, assets, infrastructure and security.
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Agents with keys: a threat model for on-chain AI
Before an agent can move funds, it needs limits, proofs and a way to say no. Here is how we scope them.
Designing DePIN for churn, not the happy path
Independent operators come and go. Reliable decentralised networks are built around that fact.
Compliance belongs in the token, not a spreadsheet
Tokenized assets scale when transfer rules, identity and corporate actions are enforced on-chain.
Why we ship aboard: the case for forward deployed engineering
Handing over a spec rarely survives contact with production. Embedding senior engineers does.
Making validator upgrades boring
Upgrades are where uptime is won or lost. A repeatable process turns a risky night into a routine merge.
Your build pipeline is part of your attack surface
Signed artifacts, provenance and short-lived credentials stop the attacks audits never see.
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