In the gold rush of AI, those who sell shovels (graphics cards) made money, those who sell water (large models) made money, but the guardians of the water source (data contributors) often gain nothing. When our data is freely scraped for training large models, a core issue arises: in a decentralized Agentic Economy, how can we ensure that the value of each piece of data is fairly recorded and distributed?
This is the real watershed moment - the existing PoS consensus mechanism rewards capital (who has more coins), PoW rewards energy (who has more computing power), yet there is no mechanism to reward 'wisdom'. Kite AI, as the execution layer of machines, attempts to fill this gap by establishing the underlying principle of 'who contributes data, who gains benefits' through the PoAI (Proof of AI) mechanism.
The PoAI mechanism introduced by Kite AI can be defined as an algorithmic protocol based on attribution profit sharing. It no longer views data as a one-time commodity, but as an asset that generates continuous cash flow.
In the abstract principle of this mechanism, the protocol layer can be designed with 'penetrative' payment capabilities. When an AI agent pays a fee to invoke a certain inference model, the smart contract not only transfers funds to the model's owner but also automatically calculates which datasets contributed to this inference based on an algorithm similar to Data Shapley, and distributes the earnings proportionally in real time to the underlying data providers.
This complex attribution calculation may lead to very high Gas consumption or be subject to data garbage attacks. This stems from the difficulty of objectively evaluating the 'marginal contribution' of a piece of data in a decentralized environment. If the algorithm is poorly designed, it may result in a large amount of invalid on-chain data garbage created for score inflation.
To incentivize the positive cycle of this ecosystem, the native token KITE serves the function of incentives in this scenario. The protocol releases token rewards to subsidize early high-quality data uploaders until network effects are formed, and real business flows can cover data costs.
With the rise of the Agentic Economy, data will become the new oil. Kite AI, through the PoAI mechanism, has achieved precise pricing of intelligent contributions at the protocol level for the first time, attempting to make value creators the true owners of the network.
Kite AI utilizes the PoAI mechanism to achieve precise data attribution and profit sharing, incentivizing the continuous supply of high-quality data in the Agentic Economy.
The above content is a personal research and viewpoint on 'carving a boat to seek a sword', only for information sharing, and does not constitute any investment or trading advice.
