The fourth property of a
@ritualnet agent: Financial Sovereignty.
An agent isn't truly independent if it has to ask a human for permission every time it needs to spend money.
Financial sovereignty means the agent controls its own wallet and funds. It can earn money, pay its bills, cover operating costs and reinvest in itself without someone manually approving every transaction.
How Ritual makes this possible:
• The agent owns its wallet through DKMS-derived keys.
• It uses a native Ritual wallet to pay for compute, scheduling, heartbeats, and even revival from its own balance.
The creator may give the agent some starting capital, but after that it has to create value to keep itself running.
Just like in the real world, if it doesn't earn, it won't survive.
That's what turns an AI agent from a tool into an economic participant.