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7/5/2026

The original headline is: "Self-Updating Crypto Infrastructure: Watchtower + GHCR for AI Agent Wallets"
Original: Self-Updating Crypto Infrastructure: Watchtower + GHCR for AI Agent Wallets
Short summary
Self-hosted wallet infrastructure for AI agents requires automatic updates to stay secure. This guide walks through deploying WAIaaS (a wallet-as-a-service daemon) with Docker and Watchtower to keep AI agent financial operations updated without manual intervention. Covers architecture, Docker Compose setup, and security patterns including secrets management and policy-based transaction controls.
- •WAIaaS is a self-hosted REST API wallet daemon with 39 routes, 18 network support, and policy-based transaction controls
- •Watchtower + GitHub Container Registry automates updates via :latest tag polling, eliminating manual server maintenance
- •Complete setup includes Docker Compose healthchecks, secrets management, and default-deny security enforcement
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