# token economics

OpenClaw and the ‘Shrimp‑Raising’ Gold Rush: China’s AI Agents Set Off Cloud Wars, Street‑Level Entrepreneurship and Security Alarms

OpenClaw, an open‑source agent framework that runs locally and can autonomously act on behalf of users, has sparked a rapid commercial and cultural frenzy in China. Cloud providers, model companies and street‑level installers are racing to monetise deployments, but high token costs, security vulnerabilities from root permissions and an immature commercial ecosystem pose significant obstacles to sustainable adoption.