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NOVAI, a new layer-1 blockchain written in Rust, is designed from the ground up for AI agents as first-class protocol primitives, with native support for agent identity, reputation, escrow, and paymen…

An 18-year-old developer building NOVAI, an AI-native layer-one blockchain in Rust, diagnosed a three-layer consensus halt that wedged the testnet at a single block height. The bug involved an in-memo…