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In episode #110 of The Bitcoin Way Podcast, Dave Birnbaum joins to discuss the fact that AI agents prefer Bitcoin as payment methods, what this new cohort of users means for demand and adoption, and why he’s fighting for a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve in Tennessee.
You can follow Dave on X at https://x.com/contrarymo, Britebot at https://www.brite.bot/, and The Tennessee Bitcoin Alliance at https://www.tnbitcoinalliance.org/.
⏱️ TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 - Guest Introduction
00:57 - Dave Returns to Talk AI + Bitcoin
01:54 - What Money Would AI Agents Choose?
07:45 - Why Agents Need Lightning & Final Settlement
12:40 - The Coasean Inversion: Do We Even Need Firms?
16:14 - AI's Dark Side: Depression, Dating Bots & Lost Connection
22:57 - Will People Marry Droids? Yes, At Scale
26:52 - Model Bias: Why Anthropic Loves Bitcoin & OpenAI Doesn't
34:37 - X402 vs L402: The Battle for Agent Payments
45:47 - The CBDC Trojan Horse & Frozen Stablecoins
48:47 - Local AI, Nano Models & the Privacy Trade-Off
01:00:24 - Tennessee's Strategic Bitcoin Reserve Act
01:14:47 - The Real Threat: Paper Bitcoin & Wall Street Dilution
01:27:42 - Where to Find Dave & Final Thoughts
01:28:58 - Outro
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