I was sitting there testing a smart agent and it failed in the dumbest way it forgot the last decision it made
Insights I wired a simple flow user asks a question agent checks prior context agent responds and the moment the session restarted the memory was gone and the agent started re asking things it already knew
That is the problem Vanar is leaning into memory as infrastructure not just chat history Neutron is framed as an onchain data layer for agents to store structured verifiable Seeds and Kayon is positioned as the reasoning layer that can query that stored context in natural language
Recent signal their blog has been pushing the memory first theme with new posts in early 2026 centered around agent memory and context continuity
Running infra has a real bar Vanar node guidance lists 8 CPU cores 32GB RAM and 500GB storage as minimum requirements for an RPC node
As of Feb 18 2026 VANRY is around 0 0058 to 0 0060 with roughly 6M 24h trading volume which is a useful liquidity check not a hype metric
If Vanar wins it will be because apps stop forgetting and start using persistent queryable memory so when an issue happens the system remembers what happened and moves forward
