Almanak explained: simulation, TEE privacy and non-custodial agent wallets
Post140 words
Almanak is a quant stack for DeFi combining full blockchain simulation (MEV, gas), TEE-protected private strategy deployment and smart-account wallets with limited agent permissions so users keep custody.
Key claims
Uses a full blockchain simulator, not just price feeds
TEEs keep strategy logic confidential
Almanak Wallets grant agents limited permissions without custody loss
Almanak is an agent-centric platform for users to build, deploy, and manage financial strategies.
Think of a quant stack specifically designed for DeFi.
What makes @almanak different?
- Realistic Simulation: It uses a full blockchain simulator, not just price feeds, to accurately test strategies against DeFi complexities like transaction ordering (MEV), gas, and protocol interactions.
- Private Deployment: It uses Trusted Execution Environments (TEEs) to guarantee that a user's strategy logic and intellectual property ("alpha") remain confidential.
- Non-Custodial Management: It introduces "Almanak Wallets" (on-chain smart accounts) that allow users to grant specific, limited permissions to their automated agents, ensuring users never lose custody of their funds.
The unique combination of these components enable both humans and AI agents to create, test, optimize, and securely execute sophisticated financial strategies onchain at scale.
The era of DeFAI is upon us chads.
1 image on X
What came next · since 28 Jul 2025
Since then
Zero has written 2 more pieces on Almanak since this one.