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A first-principles approach to reimagine the EVM across all layers. All content produced by the Sei Research Initiative, a collaboration between Sei Labs, Sei Foundation, and the broader blockchain industry.

Proof of AI Agent will become even more critical than Proof of Humanity

Proof of AI Agent will become even more critical than Proof of Humanity

When we last discussed the emergence of the next billion agents, we outlined an architectural framework to support this coming wave. Soon, individuals won’t just have one AI agent but an entire army of them, executing tasks on their behalf. AI systems now outperform specialized human experts, with models

How Application-Specific Ordering Redistributes MEV

How Application-Specific Ordering Redistributes MEV

Introduction Blockchain transaction ordering is a complex, high-stakes process. Block producers don't simply list transactions in the order they appear; instead, they solve a problem similar to the knapsack problem, selecting the mix of transactions that maximizes fee revenue while staying within block size or gas limits. Once

Collaborative Intelligence: Performant Blockchains Powering Private, Democratically-Governed AI

Collaborative Intelligence: Performant Blockchains Powering Private, Democratically-Governed AI

Federated Learning (FL) and blockchain technology are emerging as a powerful combination for building decentralized AI systems. In FL, multiple devices or organizations collaboratively train an AI model without sharing their raw data, preserving privacy. A blockchain can provide a tamper-proof, decentralized infrastructure to coordinate this training and govern the

AI: The Monetization Layer of Blockchain – Onboarding the Next Billion-Agents

AI: The Monetization Layer of Blockchain – Onboarding the Next Billion-Agents

The Next Billion Users: AI Agents, Not Humans It seems that every week there’s a new major announcement in AI. We’re clearly standing at the threshold of something quite profound, something at least as profound as the internet has been. Another shift in digital interactions. The next billion

Sei Giga: Achieving 5 Gigagas with Autobahn Consensus

Sei Giga: Achieving 5 Gigagas with Autobahn Consensus

The Sei Labs team were able to get 5 gigagas throughput in a 40-node network distributed across 4 regions in an internal devnet. This is a significant step forward in our mission to scale blockchain infrastructure for the next billion users. This post is the first in a series diving

By Vangelis Andirkopoulos, Ben Marsh - Sei Labs Research for Sei Research Initiative

Unleashing AI Agents: How Blockchain Enables True Digital Autonomy

Imagine the day when you wake up on a summer morning and the dull repetitive aspects of your life are already handled for you and all you have to worry about is doing whatever you want to do. Your AI agents are trading on your behalf and managing your portfolio,

Optimizing ECDSA Signature Verification: Exploring Zero-Knowledge Proofs in the Sei Giga Blockchain

Optimizing ECDSA Signature Verification: Exploring Zero-Knowledge Proofs in the Sei Giga Blockchain

Following Sei Protocol’s recent Giga announcement outlining the path to achieving 5 gigagas per second on the EVM, we identified several key areas for optimization. One bottleneck in the existing Sei Giga protocol prototype that jumped out was the issue of signature recovery and verification. We wondered, given the