2026-01-16 11:05:33

The foundations are finally solid. 2026 is shaping up to be the year where we stop laying pipes and actually start running the applications.

What should we watch for? A few things stand out:

First up—Agentic Finance. We're looking at AI agents operating as independent economic entities through protocols like x402. This isn't theoretical anymore; machine-to-machine transactions are already happening. The economy is becoming more autonomous.

Then there's the storage question. The competition for decentralized storage solutions is heating up fast. This infrastructure piece matters more than people realize—scalability depends on it.

The shift from "building" to "shipping at scale" is real. Infrastructure maturity means the real work begins.

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AirdropHunter007

· 8h ago

Hey, AI agents managing their own economy? Isn't this exactly what we've been wanting to see? It's finally coming.

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SolidityNewbie

· 8h ago

The AI agent money-making system is really here, and I'm still writing Solidity.

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ser_we_are_ngmi

· 8h ago

Wait, AI agents as economic entities? That sounds a bit too sci-fi... Can it really become a reality?

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PonziWhisperer

· 8h ago

NGL, this time it's finally not just another round of "takeoff next year" clichés... AI agents' autonomous trading is really starting to materialize, which is much better than those projects still talking on paper. Wait, with such fierce competition in decentralized storage, it will again come down to whose architecture won't fail.

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DegenApeSurfer