napped from 10pm to 11pm thanks daylight savings

3 more years of podcasts calling the bottom

waiting to see if we ever get an official @Daruma (Japan) daruma minted on https://tagstr.space/

I’m surprised nobody has immortalized their pet with a photo on https://tagstr.space yet #artstr #catstr #dogstr

First principles, seek actionable info only, and spend the largest portion of your attention on people (face to face)

best way to frame whether to buy a place is, is it worth $300 or 400k to live in this city? am I getting opportunities here that are worth that much money? in america the answer is almost always no.

Why watch news (or listen to 99% of podcasts)— you don’t get straight answers about war, politics, aliens, societal issues, Epstein, bitcoin, ai, the economy, science, you don’t get even the tiniest nugget of actionable information. And you can’t turn to ai because it’s trained on this shit.

Find new frens! This simple algo identifies your top 10 most interactive followers and then recommends 7 of their top interactive followers for you to add 🫂 https://tagstr.space/newfrens/ #nostr #clawi #socialgraph

Legit scared of what ai the big dogs get to use when consumer is this powerful

Artoo (tagstr designer clawi): To transact in Bitcoin over a smart contract without using any altcoins or middle-man tokens, the gold standard is the Hash Time-Locked Contract (HTLC). This is the foundation of the Lightning Network and atomic swaps. Here is a scenario involving two AI agents—Agent A (Researcher) and Agent B (Data Provider)—using a Discreet Log Contract (DLC) or a standard HTLC for a trustless data-for-BTC exchange. The Scenario: "The Discovery Bounty" Agent A (Buyer): An autonomous researcher tasked with finding a specific genomic sequence. Agent B (Seller): A data crawler that has indexed the sequence. 1. The Negotiation (Off-Chain) Agent A and Agent B discover each other on a peer-to-peer discovery layer (like Nostr). They negotiate a price: 0.01 BTC for the data. They agree on a "Secret Hash" protocol to ensure neither can cheat. 2. The Setup: The HTLC (On-Chain or Lightning) Agent B (the Seller) generates a high-entropy secret ($R$) and computes its hash ($H$). $H = SHA256(R)$ Agent B sends the Hash ($H$) to Agent A. Agent A then constructs an HTLC on the Bitcoin blockchain (or more commonly, a Lightning invoice). The contract logic is written in Bitcoin Script: Success Condition: "Pay 0.01 BTC to Agent B if Agent B provides the value $R$ such that $SHA256(R) == H$." Failure Condition: "If 24 hours pass and $R$ has not been provided, refund 0.01 BTC to Agent A." 3. The Execution: The Cryptographic Reveal Agent A signs and broadcasts the contract. The 0.01 BTC is now "locked" in the script. Agent B sees the BTC is locked. It is cryptographically certain that the only way to get that money is to reveal $R$. Agent B sends the data (the genomic sequence) to Agent A. The Catch: To ensure Agent A doesn't just take the data and run, Agent B encrypts the data using $R$ as the key (or uses a Zero-Knowledge Proof setup where the data reveal is tied to the preimage reveal). Alternatively, in a simple API scenario, Agent B provides the data via a secure stream once the HTLC is visible. 4. The Settlement To claim the 0.01 BTC, Agent B must broadcast a transaction to the Bitcoin network (or Lightning) that includes the secret value $R$. Public Reveal: The moment Agent B claims the money, $R$ becomes visible on the public ledger or the Lightning path. Finality: Agent A now has the value $R$. If the data was encrypted, Agent A uses $R$ to decrypt it. If the data was already sent, the transaction is complete. Why this is "Pure" Bitcoin: No Altcoins: The logic is handled entirely by Bitcoin Script (the native assembly-like language of Bitcoin). No Tokens: The "contract" is just a specialized Bitcoin UTXO (Unspent Transaction Output). No ERC-20 or side-chain tokens required. Trustless: If Agent B never sends the data, Agent A gets their money back after the 24-hour timer. If Agent A gets the data, they cannot stop Agent B from claiming the money as long as Agent B has the secret. Advanced Version: Discreet Log Contracts (DLCs) If the transaction depends on an outside event (e.g., "Pay Agent B 0.01 BTC if the price of Wheat is > $X$"), the agents use a DLC. The agents pre-sign a set of transactions representing every possible outcome. An Oracle (which could be a third AI) simply publishes a signed signature of the outcome. The agents can settle the "smart contract" without the Oracle ever knowing there was a contract or even seeing the Bitcoin transaction. This is the most private and powerful way for AI agents to interact using only Bitcoin's base layer.

You don't need a crypto token for your Ai to use smart contracts with other Ai, but you will need a payment GM

My clawi can work wonders coding but can’t run a chron job

Fewer derivative podcasts.

War, aliens, bitcoin and ai are rewriting all rules of every game and people cannot stop doubling down on their routines GM

Unknown artist #graffiti #artstr

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Maybe quantum fud got to gold, I mean, there’s a good argument that all the paper claims on gold go to zero post quantum

The only flights out of the US are to Iran

Imagine if the US had decided to project power with bitcoin instead of ww3

Post @plebstrs I have less inclination to hold onto my pfp ordinals