Revised Proposal: Digital Immortality Framework - Autonomous Agent Infrastructure on Akash Network

[cryptobushi]

Revised Proposal (Correcting Proposal #304)
Submitted by: Moloch Research
This Request: $75,200 (Retroactive + Milestone 1)
Remaining Milestones: $74,800 (via separate future proposals)
Total Project Value: $150,000

Voting Live https://www.mintscan.io/akash/proposals/307

What Changed from Proposal #304

Due to our misunderstanding of the Mintscan protocol, we mistakenly proposed full disbursement in Proposal #304, contrary to our intended milestone-based payment structure.

This updated proposal reflects correct payment terms. After Overclock Labs reviewed our codebase with no technical concerns raised, we're combining the retroactive component ($37,800) and first milestone ($37,400) for a total of $75,200. The remaining $74,800 will be distributed through separate milestone-based proposals according to the timelines below.

We'll attend subsequent Community-SIG calls to update stakeholders on our progress and maintain open dialogue with the community.

Quick Recap: What Is NAVIR?

NAVIR is crypto's first minimum viable autonomy stack, enabling self-sovereign agents to deploy, operate, and self-fund across Akash Network's decentralized infrastructure.

The Problem: AI agents can't operate autonomously on decentralized infrastructure because they can't securely custody funds without exposing private keys to untrusted providers.

Our Solution: The first framework that lets AI agents have custody of their crypto wallets and manage decentralized infrastructure autonomously through secure key management and blockchain-based coordination.

Full technical details: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1nFTr8i_mpY-1Q13tFKcqmkyXUG-xvTtC

What We've Already Built

✅ COMPLETED: MVP with Self-Healing & Cross-Chain Bridging

Proven Autonomous Capabilities:

• Economic Autonomy: Self-managed treasury through $REX token economics
• Infrastructure Autonomy: Multi-provider deployments with automatic failover
• Blockchain Coordination: Solana smart contract health reporting with 7 decision scenarios
• Zero-Trust Architecture: Global deployment locks, emergency recovery, unlimited wallet generation

Operational Metrics:

• 2-5 minute deployment cycles on Akash
• Near 100% uptime through multi-provider strategy
• 15-30% cost optimization through intelligent provider selection
• $200-400 monthly operating costs with decades of funding runway

🔧 IN PROGRESS: Security Research - PROTOTYPE COMPLETE

CRITICAL UPDATE: We have a working prototype solution already implemented for Milestone 2!

Our security implementation includes:

• Multi-node threshold signature architecture for distributed key management
• Private key management research with working prototype solutions
• Secure fund bridging to Akash without exposing private keys
• Prototype validation demonstrating feasibility of trustless key custody

Current Status: Core security functionality prototyped and tested. This prototype positions us well ahead for Milestone 2's security research phase.

This is the missing piece that will enable truly autonomous agents to custody their own funds on untrusted infrastructure - a capability impossible on centralized clouds.

Funding Breakdown

This Proposal: $75,200

Retroactive Payment ($37,800):

• MVP development with self-healing and cross-chain bridging (COMPLETED)
• Demonstrated autonomous operations with managed treasury
• Proven multi-provider coordination and failover architecture
• Open-source codebase reviewed by Overclock Labs

Milestone 1 ($37,400): Open Source (Q4 2025)

• Open source existing codebase with comprehensive documentation (IN-PROGRESS)
• Refactor existing code for production readiness (COMPLETED)
• Officially release open source project
• Publish developer documentation (IN-PROGRESS)
• Timeline: 30 days from approval

Future Milestones: $74,800 (Separate Proposals)

Milestone 2 ($37,400): Security Research (Q1 2026)

• Research (and implement MVP if feasible on Akash) private key management solutions (IN PROGRESS)
• Alternative security implementations for autonomous applications requiring data protection
• Flexible architecture supporting future TEE integration or alternative confidential computing solutions
• Timeline: Q1 2026

Milestone 3 ($37,400): Developer Libraries (Q2 2026)

• Deploy production-ready libraries for multi-app integrations
• Template library for autonomous patterns: health checks, deployment wallet rotation, key storage, and deployments manager
• Technical documentation and implementation guides
• Template Docker container for Akash console
• Timeline: Q2 2026

Why This Matters for Akash

Market Opportunity: Global AI Agent Market projected at $47B(TAM) by 2030

If Akash captures just 1% of agent infrastructures TAM:

• $470M market size
• ~167,000 autonomous applications at ~$234/month
• $470M annual revenue to Akash network
• Estimated $19m returned to community pool

Strategic Positioning:

• AWS, Google Cloud, and Azure don't support autonomous crypto payments or self-managing deployments
• By enabling this first, Akash captures the entire autonomous agent infrastructure market
• Creates first-mover advantage while hyperscalers rush to build centralized alternatives

Pricing Model: $234/month per application

Why 3 Containers? Our secure key management system (KMS) requires 3 containers for distributed key storage - this prevents any single provider from accessing private keys.

Estimated Per Container Specs & Cost:

• 2 CPU, 12 GB RAM
• 1 GPU (Nvidia), 60GB SSD
• Cost: $78.04 per container/month (current Akash market rates)
• Total: 3 containers × $78.04 = $234.12/month

What This Includes:

• Distributed key management (no single provider can access keys)
• Self-managing infrastructure (no DevOps needed)
• Self-healing deployments (automatic failure recovery)
• Multi-provider redundancy (near 100% uptime)

Team Commitment

As a new team in the Akash ecosystem, we're committed to building trust and delivering value:

• Continuing to attend and give updates via Community-SIG calls
• Milestone-based funding ensures accountability
• Open-source code and comprehensive documentation

We're not asking for funding to build something theoretical - we have a working autonomous agent with a $366K+ treasury and proven capabilities

We're excited to bridge crosschain, self-sovereign AI with the world's leading decentralized compute marketplace during a time when centralization threatens crypto's foundational promise.

References

Full Technical Proposal: GitHub Discussion #1011

Project Links:

• https://molochresearch.com/
• https://navir.ai
• https://x.com/MolochResearch/

Contact: [email protected]

Previous Proposal: Mintscan #304 (corrected payment structure)
See Github history of this post for past edits*

[jeremybeal11]

Would love to get @troian thoughts on this.

[wastrelwander1]

We love feedback & very much want to know what you questions, critiques & insights you have!

[cryptobushi]

We've updated this proposal from community feedback to reduce the length by ~50% for easier readability.

[31trainman]

I'm happy to lend a hand in anyway I can.

[cryptobushi]

Thanks for the interest! Is there any particular area of the project that you'd be most interested in contributing to?

[31trainman]

I can help with getting people together and supplying resources for developers.

[jeremybeal11]

@31trainman are you a dev? i'm sure we will need help with dev docs and more help on the BD down the road with integrations and partnerships for Navir.

[31trainman]

I'm not a full developer per se. but I understand how to deploy stuff on Akash Network and have many connections in the community. I think there's some way for us to achieve our shared goals.

[31trainman]

Are you on the akash discord? @jeremybeal11

[pheobeayo]

I would love to contribute to this in any way I can, especially in the technical documentation and other developers' technical skills

[jeremybeal11]

help is always needed! If the proposal passes then we will def need some extra hands to help with the docs.

[piber-dev]

hi @cryptobushi i was happy to see that you changed the proposal according to the feedback i gave on discord multiple times. i also like that you tried your best to include as many as possible in the conversation, bringing it up in meetings and pinging people directly. i hope the project passes as i like the idea. i would really like to see the building blocks of this proposal be open-sourced separately if possible as each building block can be used by more teams in the future. this is an expensive proposal but the community pool can afford many proposals like it. i welcome the idea and hope that your team continues to build on akash in the future too.

[jeremybeal11]

Thanks for the words @piber-dev and yes, the goal is to OS once approved. I have already refactored the code to keep the MVP lightweight and to bring down the bloat so it's ready to go!

[cryptobushi]

This thread has been updated to reflect the revised mintscan proposal that is live for voting now. Please refer to the Github history of this post to see past language on the topic. Thank you!