wtf is ritual? tbh, ritual is making multi-party computation (MPC) fully trustless using trusted execution environments (TEEs) and onchain verification. sounds amazing? let’s break it down today for your better understanding. ok but what’s MPC? multi-party computation (MPC) lets multiple parties compute something together without revealing their individual inputs. so it's like a group of people calculating the total bill but without anyone knowing how much each person contributed. this is crucial for things like: - threshold signatures (e.g. multi-sig wallets) - private voting - encrypted data processing normally, MPC setups rely on some level of trust in a coordinator or server. that’s where ritual changes the game. so what makes ritual different? ritual removes trust from the equation by combining: - TEEs (trusted execution environments) for secure execution - onchain verification to check everything is legit this means you get trustless MPC hosting without needing to trust any centralized coordinator or cloud provider. what are TEEs and why are they important? TEEs are isolated environments inside processors (like Intel SGX or AMD SEV) that let you run computations securely, even if the rest of the system is compromised. for example, think of a locked glass box, you can see what’s inside, but you can’t change or mess with it. that’s basically what TEEs do for code execution gg. ritual leverages TEEs to execute MPC operations in a way that nobody (not even the node operator) can tamper with. onchain verification TEEs are great, but how do you know they actually did what they were supposed to? honestly that’s where onchain verification takes lead. ritual ensures that every MPC operation executed inside a TEE is provable onchain, so you don’t have to blindly trust the hardware. for example, it’s like having a math teacher check your work and confirm you didn’t cheat, except the teacher here is a smart contract. ok but why is this useful? here’s where things get interesting tbh. trustless MPC has tons of real-world applications: - threshold wallets: imagine a multi-sig where no single party has full control, yet no one can cheat. - secure randomness: need verifiable randomness for a game or lottery? MPC TEEs make it. - decentralized identity: proving things about yourself without exposing private data. - private auctions: bidders can submit prices without revealing them to others until the auction ends. normally, all these rely on some level of trust in a coordinator or platform. ritual makes them fully decentralized, and that's amazing. so who should care actually? anyone building onchain apps that need: - trustless cryptographic operations - private computations - decentralized key management ritual makes it possible to do all this without relying on centralized infra. so imo, ritual isn’t just about making MPC better, it’s about making it unstoppable tbh. with TEEs and onchain verification, you get: - secure execution (no node operator tampering) - provable integrity (onchain proof everything was done correctly) - decentralized hosting (no reliance on centralized providers) basically, if you’re building anything that needs privacy, security, or trustless coordination, @ritualnet is worth checking out.

People have been asking what onchain AI agents are actually for. Ritual has been building the answers:

I think people are looking at charts like this the wrong way. "more AI apps being launched. not many of them getting traction" the conclusion that comes to mind is: "AI apps are overhyped." which I'm certain that's not the lesson, Andrew Wilkinson once said: "Build an audience before you build a product." That statement probably matters more today than ever. Because most users don't really care that AI helped you build something in a weekend. They care why they should use your AI note app instead of ChatGPT. Or your coding assistant instead of Claude. I personally see it this way : AI made building cheaper. It didn't make attention cheaper... Tbf it Would have been a good time for the infofi market as well.. but that aside The challenge still isn't that everyone can build apps. It's that everyone can build apps, but very few can build something that compounds through distribution. Reading through the comments It became clear that, we're still thinking about AI through the lens of old software. But now think of it this way, what if it's autonomous agents interacting with each other, using services, coordinating work, and making economic decisions on behalf of people? It changes the direction, your customer wouldn't just be a person scrolling an app store... ...but another AI agent an agent doesn't care about your marketing. It cares about reliability. Verifiable outputs. Reputation. The ability to complete a task. The ability to work with other agents. maybe the long term solution to the distribution problem isn't finding better ways to market AI apps. Maybe it's building AI apps that naturally becomes part of an agent ecosystem. That one reason is why @ritualnet is very interesting. Its about the next internet connecting agents to other agents. and in that world, distribution will change. less like advertising and more like becoming the trusted service that autonomous systems will keep choosing. Web2 distribution = attention. Agent economy distribution = reputation interoperability trust. Build on Ritual. docs.ritualfoundation.org/#h… skills.ritualfoundation.org

Privacy is a huge narrative, I think $VVV is the most intriguing primitive of it. Do people want private money (zcash, monero, railgun)? Yes in theory, but not proven in actual demand - private monetary transactions are only up minimally despite the coins being up 1000% on the narrative. Do people want private AI (vvv)? astounding yes. 3M plus organic users at a parabolic increasing rate. They don’t want their LLM queries and outputs monitored, they don’t want their privacy compromised or reliant on a central entity, adult AI generated content is probably the next trillion dollar industry (people have joked about calling vvv ‘gooner AI’ but a lot of smart investors have realized just how large this market will be).

and so it begins, will you make it into the sanctum?

303 dummies anointed. 666 completes the ritual and unlocks mainnet. tag your favorite idiot

Hey my Ritualist friends! We are starting to create a “research and reading circle” within the Ritual Academy Program! Read the Ritual’s whitepaper and be ready for the details! Stay tuned 😉❤️