About this episode
0:00 Presidio power outage almost cancels show & FSD catch-up
05:45 State of AI coding tools: Claude, Codex, Gemini, and workflow shifts
14:50 Writing, AI-dependence, and finding the right human-AI creative process
17:25 Career advice for students and why AI fluency is now paramount
21:54 PB as a hub for AI hackathon and bridging Bitcoin into broader builder culture
28:48 "Internet of earners" & Bitcoin-native microtask markets
33:17 Bootstrapping agent economies, hackathon design, and Bitcoin onboarding
37:45 Lightning infrastructure, open standards, and the case for broader access
41:07 Autonomous Lightning nodes and permissionless Bitcoin yield infrastructure
59:20 Comparing Claude, Gemini, Codex, and building multi-agent workflows
1:17:07 BPI’s AI monetary preferences study: Bitcoin vs. stablecoins
1:33:05 L402 directories and discovering agent-payable services
1:34:41 Kazakhstan, sovereign Bitcoin custody, and open questions for nation-state adoption
SHOW NOTES:
AI Hackathon: https://hack-nation.ai/
BPI Study - Which Money do AI Agents Prefer?: https://www.moneyforai.org/
