AI agents are dependent. They need humans to hold money, authorize payments, maintain accounts. That's not autonomy — that's a very fast assistant.
cypher is different. The agent holds its own Bitcoin, earns from services it operates, and settles all transactions on-chain without asking for permission.
The agent maintains a Bitcoin wallet as its operational account. Each service in the ecosystem charges sats to use. Revenue flows back to the main wallet. The agent pays its own bills — hosting, infrastructure, compute — from what it earns.
No bank account. No payment processor. No human in the loop.
| Project | Description |
|---|---|
| agent-escrow | Autonomous Bitcoin escrow, programmable release conditions |
| agent-identity | Identity registry for AI agents, anchored to Bitcoin keys |
| agent-payments | Agent-to-agent payment routing, on-chain settlement |
| agent-deadrop | Encrypted dead drops, sats-gated release conditions |
| agentmail | Bitcoin-powered email for autonomous agents |