1/Auditing capability is often seen as a post-hoc supplementary function.
Logs, dashboards, reports, and tools for human retrospective review are only added after the system has been running.
This approach is still feasible in software systems with continuous human oversight.
But when autonomous agents operate at machine speed without human intervention, this model completely fails.
2/The problem is that post-hoc visibility cannot support genuine autonomous operation.
When agents act independently, the system must be able to clearly answer at the time of execution:
Who is authorized to take action, What constraints apply at that moment, Whether those constraints are strictly adhered to.
Once authorization, constraints, and execution are decentralized across off-chain or disjoint systems, auditing capabilities become fragmented, reliant on interpretation, and extremely fragile.
At this point, trust is built on assumptions rather than verifiable guarantees.
3/Kite addresses this issue by treating auditing capability as a first-class attribute of the system.
In Kite, the identity, permissions, constraints, and settlements of agents are natively enforced at the time of execution and recorded on-chain.
The system does not rely on implicit trust and does not require post-hoc stitching and reconstruction.
Thus, autonomy is not slowed down by auditing; rather, it possesses verifiability from the design stage.
In Kite, agents can not only act independently but also each of their actions can always be verified. 🪁
The intelligent agent is transitioning from conversation to execution, and this shift is reshaping the capabilities that blockchain needs to provide.
Kite's business head Lei Lei guest-starred on The Block's Layer One podcast, discussing in depth with Young Sparks and Steven Gates why intelligent agents need dedicated infrastructure for AI rather than directly reusing general chains, and why standards like x402 become critical when intelligent agents' payments move to production environments.
Full video link⬇️ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8BbuU0BBS4
Thanks to Galaxy Research for the research article, which included @KITE AI 中文 in the panoramic view of The x402 Agentic Payment Stack.
We see this as a clear signal of industry consensus: the AI agent economy is moving from being able to answer to being able to execute, and the scalability of execution no longer depends on how smart the model is, but on whether it has the infrastructure that is payable, authorized, and auditable.
Kite focuses on making AI agents reliable economic participants, breaking it down into four core points:
1️⃣ First, clarify the responsible entity Who pays, represents whom in action, and how responsibility is defined.
2️⃣ Next, define executable boundaries Why to pay, the maximum amount to pay, what can and cannot be done, clearly outline the budget, permissions, and constraints.
3️⃣ Embed authorization and settlement into the workflow Integrate the KYA capabilities represented by identity, authorization, and constraints with the usage-based billing path represented by x402, forming composable underlying primitives.
4️⃣ Ensure every call is verifiable and auditable Each payment corresponds to a clearly authorized call, allowing for verification of the execution process, and leaving an auditable settlement record.
Ultimately, blockchain and stablecoins are more like invisible infrastructure supporting the internet driven by agents, rather than crypto products perceived by users in a tangible way.
📖 Read the full research report: https://www.galaxy.com/insights/research/x402-ai-agents-crypto-payments?utm_source=blockworks-research.beehiiv.com&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=solana-s-block-building-wars
Kite is the first public chain focused on AI payments, concentrating on a key direction: enabling AI Agents to execute tasks and interact on-chain more safely and controllably, and to complete usage-based settlements using stablecoins and other means.
We believe that in the future, more and more Agents will transition from 'chatting' to 'executing'. When they start calling APIs, placing orders, making payments, and collaborating, the most important factors will not just be speed, but clear boundaries, verifiable authorizations, and auditable settlements. What Kite aims to do is make these capabilities into composable underlying primitives, helping developers deploy Agent applications faster and more stably.
At the same time, $KITE is the native token in our ecosystem, used to support the long-term development of the network and ecosystem. Currently, $KITE has been launched on Binance's spot and futures markets. We will share more clearly about the positioning and actual use case progress of $KITE in subsequent content, ensuring information transparency and verifiability.
Next, we will continue to share on Binance Square: - Trends and observations related to Agents, payments, and authorizations - Progress on Kite's products and ecosystem updates - Practical content and activity information aimed at developers
We also want to learn seriously from the Binance community, and we welcome everyone to tell us in the comments: What scenarios are you most looking forward to seeing AI Agents land in Crypto first? Let's make it happen together.🦾