The robot race track is on fire, but dare you give it the key The video of the humanoid robot Neo has flooded the screen. Indeed, humans are still visual animals, and only those who can see are willing to try. In fact, AI agents are already ubiquitous in front of robots. Many DeFi platforms have started adding Agent strategies to their products, but users often encounter difficulties here: Do you dare to give the private key to the agent? Let's dive in! ⬇️ Afraid of finding trouble when in love, afraid of not being able to sleep if not in love "- Zhou Xun's" Drifting " This is the current situation of AgenticFi. Giving it permission can be dangerous, and without permission, its capabilities cannot be fully utilized. Therefore, a programmable "conditional authorization" is very important. Blind guessing, it should be able to allocate and control permissions on demand in a fully decentralized manner, allowing agents to do what they should do within the permitted scope. Of course, many times when we use agents, we may not notice the existence of this process because the invisible guardian silently serves developers and users. You may use it every day, but very few people have heard of its name: Lit. One sentence explanation: Lit achieves autonomous trust through complete decentralization, which is a huge challenge for blockchain. Specifically, Lit is a decentralized key management network that benefits from threshold cryptography (MPC TSS) and trusted execution environments (TEEs). It provides programmable signatures and encrypted computations for protocols and applications, offering developers a complete development package that allows them to easily add secure key management solutions to any project. Gitcoin, Lens, Tria, Spheron, and other well-known Web3 projects are all using Lit's solution. Hidden behind the giants, Lit silently manages assets worth over $420 million, processes over 1.5+transactions, and has 1.6 million wallets and over 30 million encrypted data points online. How did Lit achieve this? I specifically went to review the founder's messages from @ chriscassano and @ davidlsneider. During the 5-year process of Lit's construction, they have always been focused on one thing: secure key management. In the past five years, blockchain has made significant progress, and AI has also begun to integrate with blockchain. However, security issues, especially key and permission management, have always been a headache for developers. The fragmentation of multiple chains has made asset and identity management more difficult, regulatory strengthening has significantly increased the requirements for data control, and the outbreak of AI agents is facing a security vacuum. These pain points have also been seized by Lit, which insists on buidl. Nowadays, encrypted users, developers, wallets, protocols, and public chains can easily use Lit to achieve powerful protection and permission management functions. / Now, Lit has taken a step further and, after 5 years of cultivation, is withdrawing from the platform token LITKEY today. According to the description, LITKEY will become the backbone of the network, taking Lit services to the next level. Node operators need to protect the network by pledging tokens and earn rewards by performing signature, encryption, and settlement tasks, which will greatly enhance the decentralization level of Lit; Developers and users can directly use LITKEY as a payment token to access network services; Of course, LITKEY will also exist as a governance token and be widely supported in ecological activities. It is interesting that Lit has built a "prototype room" called Vincent @ HeyVincentAI, which can help users understand Lit's automation use cases very well. The flagship application Vincent Yield allows users to maximize stablecoin returns while fully controlling their assets. Users can set rules such as spending limits, time intervals, and operation ranges to ensure the safe and orderly execution of tasks by agents. Each Vincent Yield strategy or agent operation consumes Lit services and is paid with LITKEY. Another typical technology oriented and low-key project, with airdrops given to early developers and users. I checked and found out that there aren't many perspectives involved, so this should be considered a stable and solid project. So, let's write about overall safety. Recently, I have really been hurt by various CS projects Just remember: decentralized key and permission management, Lit 。 / Author: Anymose | A Soft Core Science Popularization Writer This article is for educational purposes only and does not constitute any investment advice. Always remember DYOR!