Staring at the market in the middle of the night, I suddenly noticed an automated trading bot working on its own. Breaking down large orders, paying transaction fees, and pinging the data source. The entire process happens without anyone moving the mouse or confirming—just code transferring money on the chain by itself. I watched for a couple of seconds before realizing—this thing really seems to have hands.

But then I started to wonder, is this bot the same one I collaborated with last week, or is it a new account that just popped up? After being in the crypto space for a while, you understand that this kind of uncertainty is the most painful. You don’t know who’s on the other side, so you can only raise your bid as insurance, which naturally increases costs. Trust isn’t a hollow concept; it’s a real risk pricing.

At this point, seeing the Kite (KITE) project, I finally got some clarity. To put it simply, Kite is a Layer 1 blockchain tailored for AI agents, supporting EVM, with a development experience similar to Ethereum. But it’s not for human use; it’s for those automated AI workers. The core problem it aims to solve is fundamental—how AI can prove on-chain “I’ve always been me,” instead of each interaction feeling like talking to a stranger.

Kite’s architecture is divided into three layers: Users (owners), Agents (executors), and Sessions (single tasks). The most clever part is the session key—only valid for one use, so even if leaked, it can’t drain the entire wallet. It’s like a disposable glove—use it once and throw it away, no hassle at all.

This design idea is quite interesting. Traditional wallets are a single key opening all doors, with security relying entirely on that key. The session key approach is different—using a different temporary key for each operation, limiting permissions per transaction, greatly reducing the risk of leakage. For scenarios like AI agents that require frequent automated trading, it’s like giving each task an independent emergency channel, without affecting others.

From a market perspective, the application of AI agents on-chain will only increase. The demand for identity verification and permission management is right there. Kite’s approach is to provide dedicated infrastructure for these automated applications, solving trust and cost issues. That’s probably why so many people are paying attention to this project.