Crypto’s AI Agent Boom Comes With a Twist: Users Are Tightening the Leash

The burgeoning crypto AI agent economy is seeing a shift towards user-controlled constraints rather than full autonomy. Experts like MinChi Park of CoinFello argue that agents with broad permissions are liabilities, advocating for delegation by constraint where actions are scoped to specific tokens, chains, amounts, and time windows, with permissions revocable at any time. This approach is likened to a credit card spending limit versus a blank check. Ming Wu of 0G Labs adds that even with scoped authority, the underlying compute layer must be secure to prevent data leaks and protect wallet keys or strategy logic, suggesting hardware-level isolation is necessary. User demand is reportedly higher for protection-style automation, such as monitoring DeFi positions during market crashes, than for autonomous trading. The trend indicates that the most successful AI agents will be those with built-in safety mechanisms and limited authority, making them trustworthy for users.

(Source：BeInCrypto)