Mac Minis, Moltbot & 8004 Makes Mainnet | Running Agents Safely & The Agentic Marketplace

Zion, hear me! For Season 2 of the Mere Morpheus podcast I'm going to be uploading the Morpheus builder weekly updates. My reason for doing this is to make it more accessible for those who want an update directly via their podcast app and to have them all in one place. If you'd like to participate they are held weekly on the @MorpheusAIs Twitter spaces. So enjoy Episode #60!

Recorded: 29 January 2026

AI SUMMARY: This week's builders update shows why people buy Mac minis and how to run agents (Moltbot) safely on VMs while comparing local centralised and decentralised inference privacy. It addresses risks like prompt injection, repo impersonation and misconfigured gateways with guidance on secure deployment. Major ecosystem milestones include the 8004 registry going live on mainnet which is foundational for non-fungible agents and an agentic tools marketplace. This supports on-demand tool access, micro-payments and predictable AI usage strengthening staking-for-inference models like Morpheus. A brief update notes Morpheus API billing timelines with the free period extended during testing and an invitation for community members to join early billing tests.

Timeline:
(00:00:00) Intro
(00:01:36) Bitcoin miners as a flexible load buffer for ERCOT
(00:03:23) Agentified systems hit the mainstream; community first takes
(00:06:33) Laymans explainer: what the agent actually does
(00:11:00) Cloud deployments, misconfigured gateways and cautionary tales
(00:17:00) Risks deep dive: prompt injection and data exfiltration
(00:19:46) Provider choice and privacy: local, decentralised or big API?
(00:23:09) Economics of agents and staking-for-inference viability
(00:27:32) Shifting to Morpheus updates; pending Cloudbot integration PR
(00:28:49) Standard 8004 goes live: identity, validation and reputation
(00:33:12) Why 8004 + marketplaces matter: trust, rent-vs-buy, x402
(00:36:35) Real-world exploits, privacy urgency and secure inference
(00:38:08) Morpheus API billing timeline, credits and migration support
(00:40:00) Wrap-up and next weeks catch-up

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