Agentic Protocols can expand crypto beyond today’s core participants in a way DeFAI could never do. Mainly because they target a fundamentally different user base. • Prompt-based DeFAI still depends on user instructions. The user needs to know what to do. Sure, it can abstract away some steps — like bridging in the background when buying a token — but it’s not performance-driven. The user still makes all the critical decisions: why to buy, when to buy, how much. This doesn’t expand the market. Prompt-based DeFAI simply offers *existing users* a new interface, which is arguably less convenient for performance-driven actions like quickly aping into a new coin on a new chain. • Agentic Protocols, by contrast, are goal-oriented and fully delegable. A user can define an outcome — as broad as “optimize yield” — or simply choose an AP with a clearly defined strategy and purpose (ie. mindshare trading agent). The user only needs to deposit funds, maybe define some risk profile and personal goals. From there, the agent handles both strategy and execution — often more effectively than the user could define or manage on their own. That’s what makes APs fundamentally transformative. They shift DeFi from manual participation and constant micro-decisions to performance-driven autonomous delegation. This lowers the barrier to entry and therefore meaningfully expands the addressable market.