Mat Balez

This morning, my 7-year-old is off to the dentist for a filling. My eldest is staying home with a nasty cough. Meanwhile, my daughters are dressed as bumble bees and unicorn fairies. And it’s day #1 at @spiralbtc. It might not seem like it, but all these things are the dream.

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i'm spreading new love for use of the ₿ symbol: bsymbol.org what's inside? - the case for expressing bitcoin with ₿ - teach your agent the skill - edit a screenshot - keyboard shortcuts for typing - list of wallets that have adopted - many instances of ₿

@brendan_j_ryan @dwr did secret third thing launch? wondering if I missed it?

@matbalez @dwr A secret third thing

250 million consumer wallets that work out of the box with MPP and Tempo! And the best part is regular people can use it without any complicated crypto UX.

@eriklocalhost at least for now, but I fully expect tether to step into the agentic game at some point soon..

@matbalez speed doesn't do anything with agents. as i was reading i noticed that stables only come up in the context of other chains, that's all. you're right though. unrelated to agentic payments. out of scope for your piece.

really enjoyed this from @matbalez. 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 peter 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.

The best article I’ve ever read on agentic money, by Spiral’s @matbalez. spiralbtc.substack.com/p/the-best-mon… #Bitcoin #Stablecoins #Lightning ⚡️ @shoneanstey @BitcoinWhitcomb @freddienew @KyleHutch_ @davelund_ @LQWDTech @LQWDClaw @RickZabel_WNY @spiralbtc @CashApp @OpenAI @z @LangChain

in poem form: agents need to pay for things; but how should they do it? stablecoins work; but what are the tradeoffs? bitcoin works (~even better); but how to drive adoption?

Meet Loupe, an AI-powered vulnerability scanner for open-source bitcoin projects. Attackers already use AI to find weaknesses. Maintainers should do the same. Bitcoin Core, BDK, LDK, rust-bitcoin, Cashu, Jade, bitcoinj, and SRI are already onboard. spiralbtc.substack.com/p/meet-loupe-a…

“now the job is builder” yes

the more i use software via agents, the more i feel annoyed when i use software that requires me navigate UIs and smash buttons like a caveman... just give me "everything agent" please

@evankaloudis even better: Human Bitcoin Address (BIP-353) spiralbtc.substack.com/p/making-bitco…

Your iCloud email should double as a Lightning address.

Apple Cash should be an ecash mint.

@brendan_j_ryan @dwr 👀

@brendan_j_ryan @dwr that’s cool so will link wallet be able to pay USDC-gated endpoint using just a linked credit card? or will it have to be separately funded with USDC?

@matbalez @dwr Not yet, but extremely soon!!

@dwr @brendan_j_ryan @brendan_j_ryan i remain curious about this

@matbalez @brendan_j_ryan

@twiteis @tether @paoloardoino @BlitzWalletApp @spark i am a fan

@matbalez @tether @paoloardoino Try @BlitzWalletApp, it's a great @spark wallet and it's opensource.

playing with @tether wallet today tried to pay a ₿150 BOLT11 Lightning invoice, but the app doesn’t pre-fill the amount 😬 kind of a showstopper for making everyday Lightning payments! /cc @paoloardoino please fix 🙏

sport meets art

Can’t wait for this event and to see all the cool things people build with agents that can earn. Sign up, and if you’re in SF, join me and @moneyball at @PresidioBitcoin!

build something cool that agents will pay for