X @TylerD 🧙‍♂️

In their latest essay, a16z argues why AI needs crypto rails 🤖-Makes faking identity expensive at scale (proof of personhood)-Decentralizes identity so no single gatekeeper controls who participates-Gives AI agents portable "passports" that work across platforms-Enables micropayments and agent-to-agent commerce traditional rails can't handle-Uses zero-knowledge proofs to enforce privacy by default ...