Why AI Infrastructure Needs Decentralization

Why AI Infrastructure Needs Decentralization Day 1 of the Tangle Re-Introduction Series Last week, Moltbook went from "the most incredible sci-fi takeoff-adjacent thing" (Karpathy's words) to a security disaster. Moltbook is a social network for AI agents, where autonomous systems post, interact, and organize without direct human control. It went viral in late January. Then researchers at Wiz found the database wide open: 1.5 million API keys exposed, 35,000 emails leaked, private messages accessible to anyone who looked. The platform had no way to verify which posts came from actual AI systems and which came from humans using stolen credentials. Business Insider ran the headline: "A viral AI agents platform was hacked in minutes, raising questions about security and vibe-coded apps." Security breaches are not the only verification problem. After every major model release, developers complain the new version performs worse than the old one. "Opus must be nerfed because there's no way i