Who Holds the Authority When AI Agents Pay for Their Own GPU Compute?
I recently wrote about a problem with how AI agents get authorized. Handing an agent a copy of an API key gives it a bearer credential, proof that whoever holds it is allowed to knock on the door, but it says nothing about what they're allowed to do once they're inside, or how fast you can throw them back out if something goes wrong. That argument was built around centralized infrastructure: API keys, OAuth tokens, and JWTs. Decentralized GPU compute takes the exact same problem and raises the stakes considerably, because the credential in question is a wallet, and the actions it authorizes can't be undone once they're confirmed.
Agents Are Already Deploying Directly Onto Decentralized Compute
Nosana, a decentralized GPU marketplace built on Solana, already has developers (ElizaOS and Mastra among them) deploying full agent frameworks directly onto its network, rather than a traditional cloud provider. The agent...
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