Why do robots need money at all? (And why regular banks don’t suit them)
Regular bank transfers are too slow for artificial intelligence. When two robots on the network want to make a deal — for example, one AI buys data or computing power from another — they need to complete the payment within fractions of a second. At the same time, they “don’t know” each other and cannot take each other’s word for it.
Yellow solves this problem. The project acts as a digital guarantor: it verifies and protects the deal on the fly, and then sends it to the $XRP Ledger for closing. In the company’s teaser, this process was shown simply — two capsules are connected by a glowing bridge of trust.
AI agents perform millions of micro-operations, so predictability is important to them. The XRPL blockchain is ideal for this: a transfer there takes only 3–5 seconds, and the fee is a fraction of a cent. Chris Larsen’s involvement links this project directly to the future of the Ripple ecosystem.
While people argue about cryptocurrencies, major capital is building the economy of the future — where robots will buy and sell services to each other without human involvement, using $XRP liquidity.