Rick Billings

#non-custodial

AI Trading· 9 min read

What Is an On-Chain AI Agent? (And Why It Matters in 2026)

Reading time: ~6 minutes The short answer: An on-chain AI agent is a piece of software that executes trades, allocations, or other actions directly on a blockchain through smart contracts — without relying on a centralized platform to hold your funds or process the transactions. Every action the age

Web3· 9 min read

Custodial vs Non-Custodial Wallets: What Crypto Users Need to Know

Reading time: ~7 minutes The short answer: A custodial wallet is one where a third party — an exchange, a platform, a bot operator — holds your private keys for you. A non-custodial wallet is one where you hold your own private keys. The difference sounds technical, but it’s the single most importan

Web3· 9 min read

How Do AI Trading Agents Actually Work?

Reading time: ~6 minutes The short answer: An AI trading agent is a piece of software that watches market data, applies a defined strategy, and executes trades automatically when its rules are met. It removes the human bottlenecks — emotion, fatigue, distraction — and replaces them with consistent e

AI Trading· 9 min read

Web3 vs Web2 Explained: Why Read-Write-Own Changes Everything

Reading time: ~7 minutes The short answer: The internet has been through three distinct eras. Web 1.0 was read-only — you could look at pages, but you couldn’t interact. Web 2.0 is read-write — you can post, share, and create, but the platforms own everything you put on them. Web3 is read-write-own

Web3· 10 min read

What Is Non-Custodial AI Trading? A Plain-English Guide

Reading time: ~7 minutes The short answer: Non-custodial AI trading means an AI agent executes trades on your behalf while you keep control of your own crypto. Your private keys stay in your wallet. The AI never has custody of your funds. If you don’t like what the agent is doing, you revoke its acc