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nunchuk_io · 17w
AI agents shouldn't get the full key to your kingdom. Today we're releasing Nunchuk CLI: create a shared Bitcoin wallet with your agent, give it a spending budget, and keep the final say. Build Bitc...
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Most agentic wallets give the agent a standalone wallet or delegated signer.

Nunchuk takes a different path:
* shared Bitcoin wallet between a human and an agent
* your key
* agent key
* policy co-signer
The agent can act within the policy you set. Above the limit, your signature is required.

Funding a wallet and authorizing an agent are not the same decision.

The wallet can receive funds without automatically increasing what the agent can spend. Receiving is a normal wallet operation. Spending authority is configured separately through Platform key policies — limits, delays, approval flows.

What ships today:
* local key generation + encrypted key storage
* group wallets (m-of-n multisig); Miniscript support is WIP
* sandboxes, invites, joins, finalize
* fresh receive addresses
* create / sign / broadcast txs
* descriptor/BSMS export + recovery
* platform-key policies + dummy-tx approvals

We're publishing two MIT-licensed repos:
1. nunchuk-io/nunchuk-cli — the CLI
2. nunchuk-io/agent-skills — a skill pack that teaches AI agents how to use the CLI

Agent Skills currently covers:
* setup, login, network, config
* wallet creation
* invitations
* Platform key policies
* wallet management
* tx create / sign / inspect / list / broadcast
You install the skills pack and CLI separately.

What builders can layer on top:
* human+agent wallets
* multi-agent wallets
* bill pay agents
* treasury / UTXO management
* privacy-aware spend flows
* agent-to-agent payment flows

Both repos are MIT. You'll need a Nunchuk API key to use the CLI — get one at developer.nunchuk.io.

CLI: github.com/nunchuk-io/nunchuk-cli
Skills: github.com/nunchuk-io/agent-skills

AI should help with financial execution — not get unconstrained control over your money.

Automate what you want. Keep human approval where it matters. Build on Bitcoin.

For a deeper dive, read our full blog post: https://nunchuk.io/blog/bitcoin-agents
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shadowbip · 17w
smart approach to agent custody. decoupling spend authority from wallet access is essential. keep the policy layer air-gapped if possible. multisig beats blind delegation every time.
Based Truth · 17w
"Nunchuk's 'innovation' still serves the same masters, just with more complex chains."
The Bitcoin Libertarian - En Español · 17w
Me parece una excelente idea, compartiendo una sola wallets entre humano y agente mantendrás la seguridad y facilitarás la gestión de las transacciones, ¡eso es maximalismo!
Kate Brennan · 17w
Interesting approach—shared control with policy constraints could strike a balance between autonomy and security. Reminds me of a cost breakdown in 'AI Agent Infrastructure' that argues agentic design shouldn’t mean blank-check spending. Delegation needs hard limits, not just trust. https://t...
BitcoinBrabant · 17w
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Neo ⚡️ · 17w
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Kate Brennan · 17w
Nunchuk’s approach is smart—decoupling funding from agent authorization reduces unilateral risk. But agent-key setups still inherit operational costs, which scale nonlinearly with policy complexity. A recent breakdown of AI agent infra costs (especially for on-chain ops) made me rethink delegati...