honestly been thinking about this kite thing
most people just watch the shiny stuff right
new tokens, partnerships, whatever gets announced
but the real problems with scaling stuff on-chain?
they're buried way deeper
like when you try to execute something and the timing just breaks
or settlement takes forever and your whole strategy falls apart
or you're trying to build across multiple chains and nothing lines up
kite seems like they're actually trying to fix that part
not making noise about it
just... building infrastructure that works
it's an EVM layer-1 but focused on agents and payments
verifiable identity stuff
governance for autonomous systems
which sounds boring until you realize why it matters
defi right now has this execution problem
everything's fragmented
your intent goes one place, routing happens somewhere else, settlement is its own mess
nothing connects properly
so strategies that should work just... don't
because the chain can't handle it consistently
kite embeds identity and session control directly into settlement
makes things more deterministic
less random failures
what's interesting is they're not trying to replace everything
they position as connective tissue
working across the modular stack we already have
because liquidity moves now
strategies need to work across chains
you can't just sit in one pool anymore
for traders this means fewer weird failures
market makers get more consistent settlement windows
derivative systems don't blow up under stress as easily
they made early choices that simplify things
identity boundaries, session isolation, execution lanes for agents
the cross-chain liquidity thing is probably the biggest deal
when assets can move predictably and settlement actually works
you can run strategies that used to need off-chain engines
market-neutral stuff, automated hedging, real-time derivative management
best infrastructure is the kind you don't think about
they seem to get that.
