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Illia
Illia (root.near) (, ⋈) is the visionary Co-Founder of NEAR Protocol, dedicated to scaling the User-Owned Internet. He shares expert insights on Web3 advancements, AI research, and the future of decentralized technologies. Follow his impactful discussions on Twitter to stay ahead in the blockchain space.
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USDC is now live in @near_ai Agent Market with confidential execution via Confidential Intents. Confidential stablecoin settlement is a baseline requirement for agentic commerce. Businesses will not deploy agents that expose their revenue, counterparties, or financial operations on a public ledger. @NEARProtocol is building the solutions to help businesses use USDC to make the most of their AI agents, without revealing sensitive information.
Bermuda is setting a standard for governments’ use of AI for handling citizen data with @near_ai. When a public servant submits their personal data to AI, even the infrastructure provider shouldn't be able to see it. AI systems that handle sensitive information should support confidentiality by design.
Congrats on coming back stronger @rhea_finance We had a lot of learning as ecosystem from incident response to proactive security. @near_intents productionizing internal system SHIELD as a way to do early detection and notification of relevant parties. Reauditing and validating all parts of ecosystem. At the same time I have been reflecting on a natural trade off of self custody vs safety. Will post more about this shortly.
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Latest X Posts
USDC is now live in @near_ai Agent Market with confidential execution via Confidential Intents. Confidential stablecoin settlement is a baseline requirement for agentic commerce. Businesses will not deploy agents that expose their revenue, counterparties, or financial operations on a public ledger. @NEARProtocol is building the solutions to help businesses use USDC to make the most of their AI agents, without revealing sensitive information.
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Congrats on coming back stronger @rhea_finance We had a lot of learning as ecosystem from incident response to proactive security. @near_intents productionizing internal system SHIELD as a way to do early detection and notification of relevant parties. Reauditing and validating all parts of ecosystem. At the same time I have been reflecting on a natural trade off of self custody vs safety. Will post more about this shortly.