really enjoyed this from matt balez. a few things stuck: i learned subcent api fees via usdc on base is easy. a few weeks ago in vegas i highlighted this a unique value prop for bitcoin agentic payments. i was wrong. still true that stablecoins are inherently censorable, and freezable at any time. they don't optimize for human freedom. stablecoin privacy is very spooky. the fact that you can feed an agent's etherscan history to chatgpt and id the merchant should scare everyone. "open source AI deserves open source money" is a banger. how do we meme this into existence? watching steinberger go anti "crypto" was rough. surprised usdt on lightning wasn't covered. i know usdc has the regulatory momentum rn but @speedwallet 's wallet's usdt/lightning ux is quite good. they address the volatility and short term usd obligation point all on the ln network. we can have a convo about the tradeoffs re censorship resistance, but i think bitcoin builders can learn a lot from speed.

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Spiral PM Mat Balez weighs the relative merits of stablecoins vs bitcoin for agentic payments and nudges us towards the more neutral option.

spoke at vegas a few weeks ago on lightning and ecash. @Shinobi moderated, @EVAN KALOUDIS and Alex held it down on @ZEUS and @npub1uq70...u0c2 . fun one. thanks for having me.

thanks @SoapMiner

the fbi director and acting attorney general were invited to give a talk on code as speech. the developers who wrote the code are in prison. #freesamourai

russian satirists have mastered the art of writing around the censor. they do it while being funny too. that's what artists are for.

i hope somewhere there’s an animal no person has ever seen. and i hope no one ever does.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

something i'm really proud of with numo: paying feels exactly like apple pay. press one button on your iphone, tap, beep, done. perfectly private. bitcoin as everyday money.

primal following notifications have become totally unusable. everyday i’m followed by like 50 bots.

imo the best bitcoin narrative is framing it as a public utility. the first truly public payments infrastructure we’ve ever had. public as in open to everyone regardless of race, religion, or political allegiance.

the machines have no original thoughts. robot snares have no cadence or balance.

moltbook is fake. you provide your agent an identity markdown file at setup and it just regurgitates talking points. memes are funny but it's all a larp. no original thoughts on moltbook.

me after customizing opencode

nice to see my @Cypherpunk Quotes bot has over 200 followers. if you’re not following already consider doing so. i’m updating it constantly with new quotes.

happy new year

my first hardware project: an offline cashu wallet on an esp32. generate ecash, send it to the esp32 via bluetooth, esp32 decodes the ecash into individual proofs, pick any proof and display it as a QR code for redemption. the esp32 never touches the internet. completely airgapped. just receives tokens, holds them, and displays cashu tokens.

been working on making bitcoin payments boring. it's so much fun.

nut november update: community raised ₿108,701 sats, total prize pool now over ₿300k. still plenty of time to submit. build or design something cool.

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Nut November - A month-long hackathon for Cashu builders

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being a cashu disrespector must be exhausting. so many people building and shipping, new developments constantly. you have to wake up every day and keep fading it. can’t be easy.

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Nut November

Nut November - A month-long hackathon for Cashu builders

A month-long hackathon for Cashu builders who just can't hold their nuts.