Vitalik supports using staking as an alternative identity solution for AI access

PANews reported on February 11 that Vitalik Buterin commented on Davide Crapis' proposed AI access scheme of "replacing identity with stake," stating that this is the "right way" for Ethereum to become AI infrastructure. The scheme advocates that users stake once and then initiate a large number of API calls, with the calls decoupled from real identities, and abusive behavior punished through the staked assets. Vitalik pointed out that, compared to merely adding an on-chain "skin" to a centralized API, technologies such as zero-knowledge privacy payments and reputation should be leveraged to achieve stronger privacy and stake-based access control, thereby highlighting the differentiated technical value of public blockchains in AI scenarios.