Kill Switches and Audit Trails: The CEO's Dream
Reviewing the "Accountability and Recourse Vacuum" section. This is for the suits, but the degens need to understand it too. Corporations won't use AI agents if they can't fire them instantly.
Quiet hook: "Resolution depends on lawyers instead of code." That line from the study chills me. Kite changes it to resolution via code.
Actionable insights: Value the "Multi-layer revocation." The ability to slash a compromised agent via peer-to-peer propagation is the feature that brings the Fortune 500 in.
Mini-story time:
Think about the CrowdStrike outage. Now imagine that was an AI agent acting autonomously. You need a big red button. Kite’s hierarchy provides that button at the protocol level, not the app level.
Conceptual model:
It’s an electrical breaker box. If the kitchen agent surges (spends too much), the kitchen breaker trips, but the house (the company) doesn't burn down.
Rethinking moment:
We focus so much on "Unstoppable Code" in crypto. But for agents, "Stoppable Code" is actually the killer feature.
Dawn reflection:
Control creates confidence. Confidence creates adoption.
