Mat Balez

We hired another one… only this time… he’s Canadian. And, yes, in his own words, all of the stereotypes apply. He’s a poutine-pounding, Hockey-hooter and hollerer, one man infinite politeness machine. Please welcome @matbalez to Spiral. (We still need a new hire graphic.)

AGENTIC PAYMENTS 🤜 STABLECOINS VS BITCOIN 🤛 🏆 WHO WILL WIN? WHO DESERVES TO WIN? 🏆 @MATBALEZ INVESTIGATES

loupe [NOUN] 1) A small magnifying tool used by jewelers to detect imperfections in gemstones. 2) An AI-powered vulnerability scanner for open-source bitcoin projects, designed by Block and Spiral to surface flaws before attackers do. spiralbtc.substack.com/p/meet-loupe-a…

Programmers, PMs, and designers are in a three-way Mexican standoff. .@pmarca says the new job title is "builder." "The programmers think that they don't need the product managers and the designers anymore because they can have AI do that." "Each of the other two doesn't think they need the other two either." "What I've been predicting is they're all correct." "The product manager can generate code and design now, and each of them can do the job of all three." "Now the job is builder." "It's entirely possible that we're sitting here in 10 years... the job of coder is gone, but you have this extraordinary number of builders running around."

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Linn Bieske, AI Product Manager and Co-Founder at Hack-Nation, joins @Hberkoe on 21 in 21 to discuss the upcoming April 25th hackathon and @spiralbtc’s challenge to participants. Applications close in 2 days. Apply now for a chance to compete and win a meeting with @jack.

We’re sponsoring a Hack-Nation global AI hackathon challenge (Apr 25–26) focused on how agents can earn using the Lightning Network. The winning team gets a 1:1 with @jack. Apply by 4/17 to participate remotely, in person at @PresidioBitcoin, or at a Hack-Nation hub near you.