Notes from
Tychi Labs.
Posts on what we ship, what we break, and what we learn building cross-chain infrastructure.
May 6, 2026
Tychi vs. Phantom: Why the Multi-Chain Wallet Conversation is Changing
Phantom won Solana. Tychi is built for the world after one ecosystem owns everything. An honest comparison and how to choose.
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Apr 29, 2026
Tychi vs. Tangem: The Battle of the NFC Crypto Cards
Two NFC-based cold wallets, two design philosophies. An honest comparison of Tangem and the Tychi Cold Wallet — where each one wins, and how to choose.
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Apr 22, 2026
The 2026 Hardware Wallet Buyer's Guide: Why NFC is Resurgent
Screen devices, USB sticks, paper backups, NFC cards — what each form factor is good for, and an honest framework for picking one in 2026.
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Apr 15, 2026
Cold Storage, Designed for the People Who Actually Use It
How the Tychi Cold Wallet splits its 15-word setup between memory and device — a usability split, not a cryptographic upgrade. Here's the honest version.
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Apr 8, 2026
Why Your AI Agent Needs a Self-Custodial Wallet
Hosted wallet APIs leak keys, rate-limit agents, and lock down chains. Self-custody is the only model that scales for autonomous agents — here's why.
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Apr 1, 2026
Getting Started with the Tychi SDK: Your First ugf.execute()
A complete quickstart for the Tychi SDK — install, authenticate, quote, pay, execute. From zero to a live cross-chain transaction in five steps.
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Mar 25, 2026
Moving Beyond Paymasters: Why UGF is the Future of Cross-Chain Infrastructure
Paymasters need each chain to support them. UGF is a sidecar that works across many chains with a single integration. Here's the honest comparison.
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Mar 18, 2026
Giving Your AI Agent a Bank Account: The x402 Protocol Explained
What x402 is, why Coinbase revived HTTP 402, and how Tychi uses it to let AI agents pay onchain without managing gas, custody, or bridges.
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Mar 11, 2026
Base to Solana: Executing Cross-Chain Swaps Without Destination Gas
How to route a swap from Base to Solana in a single call — the user never holds SOL. A walkthrough of the UGF flow across EVM and non-EVM.
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Mar 4, 2026
How to Pay Gas with USDC on Any Chain in 2026
The Universal Gas Framework lets users pay gas in stablecoins instead of native tokens — across EVM and non-EVM chains. Here's how the flow works and when to use it.
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Feb 25, 2026
ugf.execute(): One Call, Every Chain
A walkthrough of the Universal Gas Framework SDK — five lines of TypeScript that take a payment on one chain and execute an action on another.
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Feb 18, 2026
The End of Bridging: How Tychi Routes Actions, Not Liquidity
Bridges move tokens before the action can start. Tychi routes the action directly while value stays put. Why the distinction matters and what it unlocks.
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Feb 11, 2026
Welcome to Tychi Labs
Why we're building Tychi, what we ship today, and the thesis driving the next year of work — cross-chain execution that feels like a single act.
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