Mere Morpheus

Kyrin Down

Why do we need decentralised AI and how is it going to be built? Hi, I'm Kyrin and I will be exploring this question in this new show of the Mere Mortals Podcasts network. We'll be diving into agentic AI, open source philosophy, decentralised infrastructure, token incentives and why I believe the Morpheus AI project is best suited to help the world achieve a smarter future. Episodes recorded live on Mon 11am AEST and released shortly afterwards.

  1. Anthropic Outages Vs Morpheus Marketplace | Everclaw No More

    -14 Ч

    Anthropic Outages Vs Morpheus Marketplace | Everclaw No More

    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 #69! Recorded: 16 April 2026  AI SUMMARY: This episode discusses the reliability crisis in centralized AI highlighting Anthropic's 129 outages in 90 days. It argues decentralized inference via Morpheus' marketplace provides essential uptime and permissionless access. The conversation notes open‑source models like GLM‑5.1 are now "good enough" for serious coding when used with agentic workflows and cross‑model audits. Practical updates include the rebrand of Everclaw to the Morpheus Skill for simpler decentralized inference and a comparison of memory systems. The episode concludes that Morpheus' open marketplace aligns price privacy and reliability sustainably. Timeline:  (00:00:00) Intro (00:00:22) Claude outages and the case for zero‑downtime networks (00:04:33) Why redundancy and permissionless access matter (00:07:48) Opus 4.7 hot takes: marketing bump or real gains? (00:11:18) GLM 5.1 impresses: open source coding results (00:16:42) Is Anthropic prepping for IPO? Pricing, caps, and ads risk (00:19:08) Community call‑ins: market moats and PR narratives (00:21:36) ID requirements, data hoovering, and hostile UX (00:26:29) Guest intro: Micah Winklespeck on heavy Claude usage (00:31:11) From one‑shot to engineered processes: agent harnesses (00:36:09) Memory matters: configuring, retrieving, and context tools (00:40:50) ChromaDB vs Neo4j: fit‑for‑purpose memory backends (00:43:41) Hermes vs OpenClaw: continuity and user experience (00:45:14) Everclaw rebrands to Morpheus Skill: agent‑agnostic access (00:50:00) Under the hood: how the Morpheus inference marketplace works (00:54:41) Pricing, demand, and near‑term arbitrage dynamics (00:59:48) Next steps and trials: joining and giving feedback  If you would like to support me for the value I provide you can use the referral link below when depositing capital and we will both earn bonus MOR. Alternatively you could send me a token of appreciation directly to my wallet ;) Referral Link: https://dashboard.mor.org/capital?referrer=0xE935f231c99c04Ee0b4532a3d0BdA81B152a0384 Wallet Address: 0xE935f231c99c04Ee0b4532a3d0BdA81B152a0384 Connect with Mere Mortals: Website: https://www.meremortalspodcasts.com/ Discord: https://discord.gg/jjfq9eGReU Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/meremortalspods Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/meremortalspodcasts/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@meremortalspodcasts Value 4 Value Support: Boostagram: https://www.meremortalspodcasts.com/support Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/meremortalspodcast

    1 ч. 2 мин.
  2. No One Click Easy Install | 5 Learnings From Setting Up An Agent

    -1 ДН.

    No One Click Easy Install | 5 Learnings From Setting Up An Agent

    You want an easy one command install .... you're going to have a bad time. Welcome everyone, Kyrin here with Ep#18 of Mere Morpheus. Today we're going over my learnings from the past week of installing an agent. These range from choosing which level of installation you're skills are at, why you need to to get to chatting ASAP, doing some research of your chosen method (Mac, WSL, Linux or VPS), prepping your API keys beforehand and why exactly the 'easy install' is a myth. This is a Value 4 Value show so please provide back any value you got with some time, talent or treasure! Timeline:  (00:00:00) Intro (00:01:04) Learning 1: easy, middling, and god mode (00:05:04) Learning 2: Reach LLM interactivity fast (00:07:07) Learning 3: Find and follow a precise install guide (00:10:38) Learning 4: Prep essentials—API keys, devices, numbers (00:12:22) Learning 5: The “easy install” promise meets real‑world errors (00:14:35) Bleeding edge reality: fast‑moving tools, shared bugs (00:17:30) Podcast plans: schedules, town halls and recaps If you would like to support me for the value I provide you can use the referral link below when depositing capital and we will both earn bonus MOR. Alternatively you could send me a token of appreciation directly to my wallet ;) Referral Link: https://dashboard.mor.org/capital?referrer=0xE935f231c99c04Ee0b4532a3d0BdA81B152a0384 Wallet Address: 0xE935f231c99c04Ee0b4532a3d0BdA81B152a0384 Connect with Mere Mortals: Website: https://www.meremortalspodcasts.com/ Discord: https://discord.gg/jjfq9eGReU Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/meremortalspods Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/meremortalspodcasts/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@meremortalspodcasts Value 4 Value Support: Boostagram: https://www.meremortalspodcasts.com/support Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/meremortalspodcast

    20 мин.
  3. Mempalace, Models & Mythos | Anthropic's Project Glasswing & Securing The Stack

    -6 ДН.

    Mempalace, Models & Mythos | Anthropic's Project Glasswing & Securing The Stack

    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 #68! Recorded: 9 April 2026  AI SUMMARY:  This week the regular crew highlighted GLM 5.1’s rollout on Morpheus as a major advance for open‑source coding models. It covered practical model routing guidance using the Morpheus API staking economics and moving daily workflows to DAI for privacy. The segment on celebrity AI featured Milla Jovovich’s open‑source MemPalace tool and a cameo from Elizabeth Holmes. Discussion then turned to Anthropic’s Project Glasswing zero‑day disclosures and why cross‑model code audits are now essential with post‑quantum DEAI positioning noted as next on the radar. Timeline:  (00:00:00) Intro (00:00:49) New models on Morpheus: GLM 5.1 and Trinity overview (00:03:44) Opus "getting dumber"? Thinking levels, costs, and usage nuances (00:06:56) Beyond GLM: Gemma 4, Trinity, and use‑case‑based routing (00:11:12) Costs, staking, and calculator: planning your sessions (00:14:34) Dogfooding DAI: moving real workflows to decentralised AI (00:18:14) Cutting the cord: writing and coding fully on open source (00:23:53) Hybrid agent setups: frontier fallbacks and local 9B tool callers (00:26:33) Unexpected celebrity builders: Mila Jovovich’s MemPalace (00:29:40) Enable your agent’s memory_search and flexible backends (00:33:19) Another surprise voice: Elizabeth Holmes on privacy and AI (00:35:04) Project Glasswing and Mythos: zero‑days and responsible disclosure (00:37:13) Auditing the world’s code: timelines, risks, and open source parity (00:40:40) Will smaller players be left behind? Patching and readiness (00:44:01) Security practice tips: cross‑model audits and costs (00:47:43) Call to action: try the models and own your AI  If you would like to support me for the value I provide you can use the referral link below when depositing capital and we will both earn bonus MOR. Alternatively you could send me a token of appreciation directly to my wallet ;) Referral Link: https://dashboard.mor.org/capital?referrer=0xE935f231c99c04Ee0b4532a3d0BdA81B152a0384 Wallet Address: 0xE935f231c99c04Ee0b4532a3d0BdA81B152a0384 Connect with Mere Mortals: Website: https://www.meremortalspodcasts.com/ Discord: https://discord.gg/jjfq9eGReU Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/meremortalspods Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/meremortalspodcasts/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@meremortalspodcasts Value 4 Value Support: Boostagram: https://www.meremortalspodcasts.com/support Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/meremortalspodcast

    49 мин.
  4. Owning Your Own Compute | Openclaw Setup Attempt

    -6 ДН.

    Owning Your Own Compute | Openclaw Setup Attempt

    If you're paying a subscription it might come round to bite you in the ass.   Welcome everyone, Kyrin here with Ep#17 of Mere Morpheus. Today we're doing an attempt at downloading Everclaw (a version of Openclaw) onto a new laptop and then we'll get into why owning your own compute matters & how to stake Morpheus/Venice tokens to make this happen. This is a Value 4 Value show so please provide back any value you got with some time, talent or treasure! P.S. I ended up clipping the livestream as I exposed some API keys & private info but more to come in the future: https://youtube.com/live/DqFqUTA0Z4g Timeline:  (00:00:00) Intro (00:00:42) What is Everclaw and why use it? (00:03:29) Tokens, staking and inference on Morpheus/Venice (00:09:08) First roadblock: WSL install stalls (00:12:38) Why own your compute? Risk and control (00:16:13) Morpheus overview: capital, builders, compute (00:17:52) Venice overview: staking, DM credits, marketplace (00:19:31) Wrapping the podcast; live debug continues on YouTube  If you would like to support me for the value I provide you can use the referral link below when depositing capital and we will both earn bonus MOR. Alternatively you could send me a token of appreciation directly to my wallet ;) Referral Link: https://dashboard.mor.org/capital?referrer=0xE935f231c99c04Ee0b4532a3d0BdA81B152a0384 Wallet Address: 0xE935f231c99c04Ee0b4532a3d0BdA81B152a0384 Connect with Mere Mortals: Website: https://www.meremortalspodcasts.com/ Discord: https://discord.gg/jjfq9eGReU Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/meremortalspods Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/meremortalspodcasts/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@meremortalspodcasts Value 4 Value Support: Boostagram: https://www.meremortalspodcasts.com/support Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/meremortalspodcast

    21 мин.
  5. The Perpetual AI Machine | Staking MOR To Run Your Agent

    4 АПР.

    The Perpetual AI Machine | Staking MOR To Run Your Agent

    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 #67! Recorded: 2 April 2026  AI SUMMARY: This week Kyle, Bo and David discuss why "perpetual AI" on Morpheus now feels real. They unpack a new community calculator for estimating MOR staking or API credits needed to run specific models. They cover the first phase of Morpheus TEE attestation which proves what providers are running without trust and preview phase two extending verification to the GPU. On models they discuss Google's Gemma 4 Trinity and anticipation for GLM 5.1 plus tips on model routing and the API gateway's cost savings. Progress includes one-click agent deployment and Everclaw's new backup/export flow with a challenge to set up a perpetually running task. Timeline:  (00:00:00) Intro (00:02:26) Measuring perpetual compute via community-built staking calculator (00:04:49) Two paths to Morpheus inference: marketplace node vs API gateway (00:07:05) Pricing in an open marketplace (00:10:40) Cost advantages and agent workloads: saving 80%+ with model routing (00:13:19) Right model for the task: routing strategies, tool calling, and Kimi vs GLM (00:17:50) Everclaw progress: backup, export, restore and bootstrap to local (00:25:09) TEE roadmap overview: phase 1 attestation live, phase 2 to GPU coming (00:29:43) Open‑source news: the Claude code leak saga and industry memes (00:32:34) Fresh models: Gemma 4, Trinity and rapid open‑source acceleration (00:35:28) Frontier cadence and GLM 5.1 expectations: near‑Opus performance (00:42:02) Home and SMB providers: the return of small‑scale compute with TEEs (00:46:30) Wrap‑up, community updates, and a challenge: launch one perpetual task  If you would like to support me for the value I provide you can use the referral link below when depositing capital and we will both earn bonus MOR. Alternatively you could send me a token of appreciation directly to my wallet ;) Referral Link: https://dashboard.mor.org/capital?referrer=0xE935f231c99c04Ee0b4532a3d0BdA81B152a0384 Wallet Address: 0xE935f231c99c04Ee0b4532a3d0BdA81B152a0384 Connect with Mere Mortals: Website: https://www.meremortalspodcasts.com/ Discord: https://discord.gg/jjfq9eGReU Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/meremortalspods Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/meremortalspodcasts/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@meremortalspodcasts Value 4 Value Support: Boostagram: https://www.meremortalspodcasts.com/support Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/meremortalspodcast

    49 мин.
  6. One‑Command Intelligence: Defaults, Design & Deploying Productive AI Agents

    26 МАР.

    One‑Command Intelligence: Defaults, Design & Deploying Productive AI Agents

    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 #66! Recorded: 26 March 2026  AI SUMMARY: This episode covers decentralised AI agents and the Morpheus ecosystem with builders sharing lessons on reducing friction for providers and consumers. It discusses the economics of staking for inference versus renting and why owning your agent and its learned processes is crucial. The episode highlights Everclaw for one-command installs explores agent-to-agent messaging with XMTP and compares frameworks like OpenClaw and Hermes. Practical advice includes upgrading Everclaw, choosing default models and setting safe key management. Listeners share wins like an autonomous newsletter agent and a Spanish-learning tutor. It covers registry monetisation via 8004/402 and best practices for multi-agent collaboration stressing the importance of planning and SOPs for real ROI. Timeline:  (00:00:00) Kicking off: Everclaw, API gateway, and owning inference (00:01:22) The Claude analogy: stop renting, start staking (00:03:27) Reducing setup friction: Everclaw one‑command install (00:06:04) Crossing the chasm: why personal agents are becoming essential (00:08:53) Frameworks in the wild: Hermes vs OpenClaw and security trade‑offs (00:13:32) Designing for low friction: providers vs consumers (00:17:28) Everclaw as portable skills across agent frameworks (00:21:00) Wallets, staking, and operational security for agents (00:24:23) Agent‑to‑agent comms: XMTP integration and safety guards (00:27:49) A modern parable: reviving a "dead" agent and memory recovery (00:31:16) Real ROI: automating a weekly newsletter with Morpheus (00:34:15) Bring‑your‑own‑agent future: portability between jobs (00:37:35) Operational hardening: keys, keychain, and least privilege (00:41:20) Project management backends: Vikunja/Kanban, Obsidian, and context (00:45:01) Plan before you spawn: ProMDs, SOPs, and PRDs (00:49:01) BYO device → BYO agent: culture and compliance tensions (00:52:48) Why update Everclaw: new skills, audits, and fast fixes (00:57:14) Outcomes over optics: plan, audit, and measure ROI (01:00:47) Sharing setups: swarms, harnesses, and what to avoid (01:04:03) Wrap‑up: gateway progress, privacy, and next steps  If you would like to support me for the value I provide you can use the referral link below when depositing capital and we will both earn bonus MOR. Alternatively you could send me a token of appreciation directly to my wallet ;) Referral Link: https://dashboard.mor.org/capital?referrer=0xE935f231c99c04Ee0b4532a3d0BdA81B152a0384 Wallet Address: 0xE935f231c99c04Ee0b4532a3d0BdA81B152a0384 Connect with Mere Mortals: Website: https://www.meremortalspodcasts.com/ Discord: https://discord.gg/jjfq9eGReU Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/meremortalspods Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/meremortalspodcasts/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@meremortalspodcasts Value 4 Value Support: Boostagram: https://www.meremortalspodcasts.com/support Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/meremortalspodcast

    1 ч. 5 мин.
  7. Don't Trust Me Bro | Morpheus Rolls Out Verifiable TEE Privacy

    21 МАР.

    Don't Trust Me Bro | Morpheus Rolls Out Verifiable TEE Privacy

    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 #65 (we missed a week as the X space wasn't recorded but hush hush)! Recorded: 19 March 2026  AI SUMMARY: This episode with the Morpheus community unpacks a major privacy milestone the Phase 1 rollout of confidential compute for the Morpheus Inference marketplace. Provider nodes can now run inside a Trusted Execution Environment with verifiable attestation. Consumers can cryptographically confirm a provider runs the exact hardened logging-disabled Morpheus build inside a secure enclave relying on math and open-source code not policy promises. The episode explains how this improves the existing wallet-based non-KYC model and how the consumer node automatically enforces trust with no extra user friction beyond choosing a TEE-tagged model. It looks ahead to Phase 2 extending TEE protection to the GPU inference layer for end-to-end confidential compute and discusses the likely cost and performance trade-offs. The team covers practical UX like TEE tags and technical details including hash verification and a hardened build pipeline. It wraps with ideas for agent-level routing that auto-selects privacy when needed celebrating an open permissionless path to private AI secured by physics and code. Timeline:  (00:00:00) Intro (00:01:15) Kyle's overview: marketplace, privacy goals, and TEEs (00:03:31) Current state pre-TEE: wallet-based access and trust limits (00:07:13) Defining phase one: node TEE and attestation basics (00:10:12) Looking ahead to phase two: GPU inference inside the enclave (00:13:07) Alan explains the trust model end-to-end (00:18:06) Hardening the build: signed images, TEEs, and verification flow (00:22:06) Why prove first: open source, physics not promises (00:25:07) Protocol vs gateway: where TEE is implemented now (00:27:00) User experience: choosing TEE-tagged models, no extra steps (00:33:24) Costs of privacy: where premiums may appear (00:38:30) Agent routing idea: auto-select privacy in Everclaw (00:41:43) Surprises from building TEE: follow the math (00:45:20) New use cases and comfort for personal AI (00:48:16) Why open source and permissionless matters (00:50:04) Closing thoughts and sign-off  If you would like to support me for the value I provide you can use the referral link below when depositing capital and we will both earn bonus MOR. Alternatively you could send me a token of appreciation directly to my wallet ;) Referral Link: https://dashboard.mor.org/capital?referrer=0xE935f231c99c04Ee0b4532a3d0BdA81B152a0384 Wallet Address: 0xE935f231c99c04Ee0b4532a3d0BdA81B152a0384 Connect with Mere Mortals: Website: https://www.meremortalspodcasts.com/ Discord: https://discord.gg/jjfq9eGReU Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/meremortalspods Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/meremortalspodcasts/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@meremortalspodcasts Value 4 Value Support: Boostagram: https://www.meremortalspodcasts.com/support Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/meremortalspodcast

    51 мин.
  8. Beta to Battle-Tested | Inside The Morpheus API & The Privacy Roadmap

    7 МАР.

    Beta to Battle-Tested | Inside The Morpheus API & The Privacy Roadmap

    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 #64! Recorded: 5 March 2026  AI SUMMARY: This episode with Kyle and the Morpheus community covers the general availability launch of the Morpheus Inference API an OpenAI-compatible gateway into the decentralised marketplace. It explains its importance for choice permissionlessness/performance and how to get started with welcome credits and flexible billing via card stablecoins or staking MOR tokens. The discussion clarifies the separation between the protocol and gateway how anyone can host their own gateway and how multiple providers benefit users on price latency and model variety. It then explores privacy in decentralised AI contrasting today's policy-based approaches with future cryptographic proofs. Kyle outlines a path to confidential inference using trusted execution environments and attestations arguing that choice and verifiability beat blind trust. It closes on shifting market dynamics with rising costs nudging users toward high-value open models rapid improvements in small quantised models and real community use cases like orchestration agents. Timeline:  (00:00:00) Intro (00:01:01) Announcing general availability of the Morpheus Inference API (00:04:44) Getting started: accounts, API keys, credits, and payment or staking (00:07:16) Open source API gateways and anyone can host one (00:11:59) Providers, tokenised compute, and marketplace agnosticism (00:15:07) How routing works: provider sessions, ranking, and reliability (00:18:24) Privacy debate ignites in DAI after recent events (00:23:06) Path to confidential inference: TEEs, attestations, and verification (00:29:01) Why decentralisation matters: censorship, choice, and governance (00:37:23) Signals we are on the right track and market choice dynamics (00:40:11) Cost realities of OpenClaw/EverClaw and model right‑sizing (00:43:25) Community use case: orchestrating venture studio teams with agents (00:46:54) Wrap‑up and next steps: see you in Discord  If you would like to support me for the value I provide you can use the referral link below when depositing capital and we will both earn bonus MOR. Alternatively you could send me a token of appreciation directly to my wallet ;) Referral Link: https://dashboard.mor.org/capital?referrer=0xE935f231c99c04Ee0b4532a3d0BdA81B152a0384 Wallet Address: 0xE935f231c99c04Ee0b4532a3d0BdA81B152a0384 Connect with Mere Mortals: Website: https://www.meremortalspodcasts.com/ Discord: https://discord.gg/jjfq9eGReU Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/meremortalspods Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/meremortalspodcasts/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@meremortalspodcasts Value 4 Value Support: Boostagram: https://www.meremortalspodcasts.com/support Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/meremortalspodcast

    47 мин.

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Why do we need decentralised AI and how is it going to be built? Hi, I'm Kyrin and I will be exploring this question in this new show of the Mere Mortals Podcasts network. We'll be diving into agentic AI, open source philosophy, decentralised infrastructure, token incentives and why I believe the Morpheus AI project is best suited to help the world achieve a smarter future. Episodes recorded live on Mon 11am AEST and released shortly afterwards.