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Lit Protocol Workshop I ETHGlobal New York 2025

ETHGlobalThu, Oct 9, 2025, 12:00 AM

What if every user’s wallet came with a programmable, always-on co-pilot for DeFi—across any blockchain? Meet Vincent, a platform built on Lit Protocol that lets developers create non-custodial DeFi automation agents to handle complex cross-chain tasks like rebalancing, gas management, and bridging—without the user lifting a finger. In this ETHGlobal New York 2025 workshop, you’ll learn: - How Vincent’s agent wallets work and how to request onchain permissions (similar to OAuth, but for smart contracts). - How to define delegate addresses, abilities, and granular policies like daily spending limits or credential-gated DeFi actions. - How to execute transactions through Vincent’s SDK or Model Context Protocol server, with validation by the Lit Protocol network. - Real-world app ideas—crypto index baskets, copy trading strategies, and automated derivatives plays. Built on secure, programmable signing and encryption powered by MPC-TSS in TEEs, Lit Protocol already secures nearly $200M in assets. Whether you’re building on your own server, LLM, or decentralized compute network, Vincent helps you launch powerful cross-chain DeFi experiences with user trust and compliance at the core. 00:00 Intro: Always-on DeFi co-pilot 00:34 What is Vincent 00:57 How to create a Vincent app 01:17 Built on Lit Protocol 01:47 Abilities & granular policies 02:07 Transaction execution process 02:29 DeFi automation ideas 02:48 Closing & call to action _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 🇺🇸 *ETHGlobal New York* This workshop is specifically for ETHGlobal New York, a 3-day hackathon held August 15-17, bringing together the most skilled web3 developers, designers and product builders from all around the globe for a weekend-long adventure to advance the Ethereum ecosystem! Watch the full ETHGlobal New York 2025 playlist here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXzKMXK2aHh4Xze0ZeSWCSGsw25clPpvZ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ✅ *Follow Lit Protocol* X: https://x.com/LitProtocol ✅ *Follow ETHGlobal* X: https://x.com/ETHGlobal​ Warpcast: https://warpcast.com/ethglobal Website: https://ethglobal.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/ETHGlobal _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _Are you interested in Ethereum development and entrepreneurship?_ 👉 Sign up for the next ETHGlobal event: https://ethglobal.com/events 🎁 Get exclusive access and perks with ETHGlobal Plus! https://ethglobal.com/plus 📣 Want us to throw an event in your city? Tell us where! https://ethglobal.com/city _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

Transcript

[Music] Hey everyone, here's a wild question. What would you build if every user's wallet came with a programmable always on co-pilot for DeFi across any blockchain? Meet Vincent, a platform that makes this possible. With Vincent, you can create agents that automate cross-chain DeFi, handling complex tasks like rebalancing, gas, and bridging without users ever needing to sweat the details. Best of all, it's fully non-custodial.

Here's how it works. Vincent gives users an agent wallet. When you build a Vincent app, you request specific permissions, like using Uniswap or Morpho to execute transactions from the user's wallet. Think of it as an ooth permissions flow, but for smart contracts. Instead of your app asking for calendar access via Google, it requests transaction abilities via Vincent.

Getting started is simple. Head to Hey Vincent.ai to create your app. You'll define a delegate address, the identity that initiates transactions for users. Then set up abilities and policies which control what your app can do.

Users see these when they connect, approve your permissions, and get redirected back to your app. Vincent is built on lit protocol, a secure programmable signing and encryption network powered by MPCTSS in TEEES. Developers already use LIT to manage nearly $200 million of crypto assets. Immutable and programmable signing powers abilities and policies within Vincent. Abilities can be simple, like a user granting you permission to use a DeFi contract, or highly granular with policies, like daily spending limits or requiring specific credentials for specific DeFi pools.

Right now, anyone can create a Vincent app or build new abilities. Your app can run anywhere. Your server, a hosted LLM, a DPIN compute network, you name it. When it's time to execute a transaction, use Vincent's SDK or model context protocol server to start the process. And then the network validates that interaction against the users granted permissions.

So what can you build? Here are a few ideas to spark your imagination. Index baskets for crypto sectors like DeFi or RWAS rebalanced based on metrics like protocol PE ratios and copy trading onchain entities using tagged addresses from platforms like Arkham or automated strategies for futures, options or derivatives. The future of finance is moving fast and if you're watching this, you're in the perfect spot to make an impact. Build with Vincent.

Let your creativity run wild and reach out to the LIT protocol team with any questions. Happy building. [Music]

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