Bitcoin is the Currency for AI

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Guests on this month’s Bitcoin Brainstorm include:

• Rod Roudi - Co-Founder, Bitcoin Park
• Paul Itoi – CEO, Stakwork
• Laolu (Roasbeef) Osuntokun - CTO and Co-founder, Lighting Labs
• Kody Low - Head of Developer and Product Support, Fedi
• Cathie Wood – CEO, CIO and Founder, ARK Invest
• Yassine Elmandjra – Crypto Lead, ARK Invest
• Frank Downing – Nex Gen Internet Director of Research, ARK Invest Key

Points From This Episode:

• 00:00:00 Intro to the Bitcoin Brainstorm with Yassine and Rod
• 00:02:39 Introduction to this month’s guests
• 00:04:10 Cathie Wood explains the impact and importance of the convergence between and among technologies
• 00:12:32 Paul discusses how AI has revolutionized coding and computer engineering
• 00:19:40 Kody applies the coding revolution to Bitcoin and explores how Bitcoin and AI are converging
• 00:26:42 Cathie and Laulu discuss Lightning HTTP 402 Protocol (L402) and internet payment flow generally
• 00:30:24 Frank and Paul explain that Bitcoin could be useful as money because it cuts out traditional intermediaries in payment processing and could decrease counter-party risk
• 00:39:00 What are some of the use cases of micro-payments and how do they compare to larger payments like monthly subscriptions 00:51:27 Kody explains why the first rendition of L402 used special cookies know as macarons
• 00:53:16 Frank and Laolu discuss the constraints of ChatGPT and what the potential of AI agents can be outside the walls of a chat window, if given a budget and proper integration points
• 01:01:30 Through the example of a web development project, Paul describes how Bitcoin and generative artificial intelligence are converging today
• 01:06:55 What does the next generation of knowledge workers look like with micro-payments allowing for more efficient payment allocation?
• 01:14:48 Closing thoughts and remarks on Bitcoin’s unique impact on artificial intelligence today

Important Links Mentioned in This Episode:

1. - AI4ALL Hackathon website: https://bolt.fun/tournaments/ai4all/o...
2. - AI for All: Powering APIs and Large Language Models with Lightning: https://lightning.engineering/posts/2...
3. - How (Actually) Open AI Wins: https://hivemind.vc/ai/
4. - AI & Bitcoin: https://ten31.vc/content/ai
5. - Nostr: https://nostr.com
6. - LangChain: https://www.langchain.com/
7. - AI4ALL Hackathon website: https://bolt.fun/tournaments/ai4all/o...
8. - AI for All: Powering APIs and Large Language Models with Lightning: https://lightning.engineering/posts/2...
9. - How (Actually) Open AI Wins: https://hivemind.vc/ai/
10. - AI & Bitcoin: https://ten31.vc/content/ai
11. - L402: https://docs.lightning.engineering/th...
12. - Lightning Network: https://lightning.network/
13. - Stakwork: https://www.stakwork.com/
14. - Replit: https://replit.com/
15. - Fedi: https://www.fedi.xyz
16. - Bitcoin Park: https://bitcoinpark.com
17. - ARK Bitcoin Brainstorms: https://ark-invest.com/podcasts/?foll...