#9 Smart contracts can create persistent autonomous agents that survive across multiple transactions while keeping their own memory, identity, and the power to revive themselves. An agent that behaves exactly like a human needs all seven specific properties 1. immortal 2. emancipated 3. teleportable 4. financially sovereign 5. Web2-interoperable 6. private, 7. computationally sovereign The linked Ritual Foundation docs at https://t.co/haEVH0m9te explain this framework using blockchain precompiles and TEEs for spawning such self-sustaining agents onchain. In real-life AI and Web3, autonomous DeFi trading agents monitor markets 24/7, execute trades, rebalance portfolios, and manage yields independently without any human oversight. In AI, this could be a customer support agent that remembers users, learns from conversations, and continues helping without human control. In Web3, an autonomous trading agent could manage a crypto wallet, make trading decisions, and operate 24/7 on-chain without a person online. Ritual makes these agents possible by combining smart contracts, memory, identity, and autonomous execution directly on blockchain networks.