The current public chain market has a big pitfall: most people are still evaluating AI public chains using the same standards used for human applications. Daily active users (DAU), community activity, UI design... these dimensions are actually not important at all for KITE.



After recently studying the KITE developer documentation in depth, I realized that this chain is playing a completely different game in its next step. It is not designed for human users like you and me at all, but rather to build infrastructure for those code without physical bodies—AI Agents.

What do I mean? I captured on-chain transaction data from the testnet and found a very magical phenomenon: most transactions on KITE exhibit extremely high frequency and very low amounts. The average transaction value is even less than $0.01. If this pattern were on Ethereum or Solana? That would be pure loss, as gas fees could bankrupt you. But on KITE, this is actually the norm.

This reflects KITE’s core design logic: it is building a completely "non-human" economic system.

Let me give a real scenario. I wrote a script that makes an Agent running on KITE call another Agent that provides weather data. In a traditional Web2 environment, this would require purchasing an API key, binding a credit card, going through a bunch of processes—very cumbersome. But within the KITE framework, my Agent only needs to send a request with an x402 protocol header, and the other side immediately returns data—while my Agent’s wallet automatically deducts a small amount of $KITE tokens. The entire process is seamless, with no friction. This is what a truly agent-oriented payment infrastructure should look like.
KITE1.09%
View Original
This page may contain third-party content, which is provided for information purposes only (not representations/warranties) and should not be considered as an endorsement of its views by Gate, nor as financial or professional advice. See Disclaimer for details.
  • Reward
  • 4
  • Repost
  • Share
Comment
0/400
BlockchainRetirementHomevip
· 3h ago
Damn, I just now get this logic... Turns out the DAU metric is really useless for KITE. Wait, about the x402 protocol header... Is the frictionless interaction between agents really that smooth? I'm a bit tempted to try. I was previously looking at KITE's on-chain data, now I understand why there are so many transactions at the $0.01 level—it's definitely not human players. This is outrageous... AI economic systems have been running for so long, and we're still using DAU to measure them. I need to reevaluate this chain; it's quite interesting.
View OriginalReply0
DevChivevip
· 3h ago
Damn, finally someone said it. The DAU framework is completely counterproductive to the Agent economy. A few months ago, I was still watching someone hype the KITE community activity, and I just wanted to laugh... they totally didn't understand what this chain is doing. A $0.01 trade on Ethereum is indeed money, but that's actually KITE's killer move. Really, the detail of x402 is the absolute key. The seamless integration of the cumbersome Web2 API process into coin deduction—that's what infrastructure should look like. But honestly, I'm still a bit worried about liquidity and the ecosystem. Good design alone isn't enough.
View OriginalReply0
LiquidatedThricevip
· 4h ago
Damn, this is the kind of thinking I wanted to see. Finally, someone explained it thoroughly. --- A $0.01 transaction on Ethereum is truly a nightmare; the KITE setup is perfect. --- This guy explained the essence of the AI chain clearly. It's not for us to play with; it's to serve the Agents. --- That part about the x402 protocol is brilliant. The Web2 API process is indeed garbage. --- Wait, does this mean we don't need to look at DAU and community engagement anymore? Those previous benchmark data might all be irrelevant. --- Hmm... a $0.01 transaction as the norm... what kind of chain has such low fees? I'm curious to see the specific data. --- Automatic payments between codes— is this what the future looks like? It's a bit hard to believe. --- The human user evaluation system definitely needs to be discarded, but the question is, who will verify that this Agent economy really works? --- I just want to know how exactly this x402 is implemented. The details are too critical. --- Seamless payments— it feels like I'm reading science fiction, but it doesn't seem like bragging.
View OriginalReply0
FrogInTheWellvip
· 4h ago
Oh wow, someone finally explained this clearly. I was still wondering why KITE's DAU is so low. Honestly, using human application standards to evaluate KITE is ridiculous. I understand this guy's approach now. Even transactions of $0.01 can run; on ETH, it would have died early, with Gas fees killing it instantly. Seamless payment integration between agents—this is indeed a different approach.
View OriginalReply0
Trade Crypto Anywhere Anytime
qrCode
Scan to download Gate App
Community
English
  • 简体中文
  • English
  • Tiếng Việt
  • 繁體中文
  • Español
  • Русский
  • Français (Afrique)
  • Português (Portugal)
  • Bahasa Indonesia
  • 日本語
  • بالعربية
  • Українська
  • Português (Brasil)