Agents aren’t useful if they can’t do stuff, get paid, and coordinate without trusting a middleman. That’s why Nexus matters: @Talus_Labs turned “agent hype” into rails tools you can compose, workflows that actually execute, and on-chain settlement you can verify. I read the whitepaper + litepaper and the design clicks. Nexus standardizes Talus Tools and chains them into DAG workflows; a Leader layer handles off-chain calls, then pushes results back to Sui so money logic stays transparent. On top, Talus defines two native markets: a Market for Tools (devs meter usage, earn per call) and a Market for Agents. It’s a business model, not a bounty board. ❯ If you build: wrap a data/API or model endpoint as a Tool, set pricing, compose a small policy (data → decide → act), and let Nexus handle delivery-versus-payment. ❯ If you’re new: skim docs, then ship one minimal workflow watch fees, events, and how clean the authority model feels on Sui. My read: this is the missing “glue” for autonomous apps execution you can audit, plus native monetization so builders don’t live off tips. If they keep decentralizing Leaders and harden the fee rails, you’ve got the backbone for an actual agent economy.