n 1717, Isaac Newton warned the Treasury that silver would drain out of England if gold's official value wasn't lowered. He was right. But powerful gold holders blocked the fix, and the market exploited the distortion. Silver vanished. England landed on a gold standard no one had planned. For three centuries, Gresham's Law — bad money drives out good — has always required two things: a human authority getting the price wrong, and slow information creating room for arbitrage. In 2026, thirty-six AI models were tested across nine thousand monetary scenarios. No authority set a price. No information lag existed. Yet the models converged on the same pattern: spend stablecoins, hold Bitcoin. When Newton's England hoarded gold, the price was distorted. When AI hoards Bitcoin, the assessment is right. What does it mean when Gresham's Law activates without anyone making a mistake?

Episode 7 of Bitcoin Is Not Finished. Infographic and full essay available at bitcoingeekend.com