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PBJ episodes

  • Y Combinator's USDC Move, Ori Agent Group Chats, OpenClaw Meetup

    0:00 Sat tardiness fines

    2:18 OpenClaw meetup recap

    6:00 Why OpenClaw feels different than “just Claude”

    8:58 “Is this already AGI?”

    13:05 Ori explained: productized OpenClaw bot that joins group chats

    15:54 Group chat vibecoding

    20:27 Ori's moneydevkit (MDK) integration - frictionless, under the hood lightning payments as a hidden superpower

    22:30 Tangible Ori examples: small-group bets, prediction markets, trivia payouts & more

    29:05 “Is Ori private?” & the path to local/open-source models and safer enclaves

    32:40 Agentic commerce: bots browsing, paying, zapping, hiring humans - internet gdp explosion thesis

    48:20 Risks: addiction, prompt injection, and opsec

    52:10 Ori onboarding ideas: welcomes, tips, custom memes, and how to get new groups to find the magic

    1:16:08 Y Combinator funding in USDC

    1:20:40 Cash App dollars as a supercharge for lightning adoption

    1:25:30 Big payments on lightning & institutional use - what matters and where it could go

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    1 hr 31 min
  • Moltbot is Molting Again, Musk SpaceX and xAI Merger, Is Broader Crypto Dying?

    0:00 Accountants telling merchants to turn off bitcoin acceptance? Shoutout to Satoshi Pacioli.

    6:14 What the guys won at the Presidio Bitcoin Awards Night.

    9:42 Block moving to the ₿ symbol, goodbye Sats!

    15:07 Robots are making their own agreements that Bitcoin is the best.

    20:37 Let's take a step back. What's happening here with Moltbook, Goose, etc?

    30:20 The conversations happening on Moltbook. Who's an agent, a human?

    35:22 SpaceX merging with xAI? Max's take on the future of Elon Co.

    41:25 Autonomous cars and the future of driving. TLDR: Trust the curves.

    49:16 Max's update on his vibecoding endeavors and conversations from the ₿uilder event at PB.

    1:04:31 Flint has tons of ideas, but can we make a public forum where ideas can be crowdfunded?

    1:06:36 Crypto is dying. Quantum, gold, a leverage wash, and correlation to Bitcoin.

    1:14:12 If you're bullish AI, then you should be bullish bitcoin?

    1:21:31 Is the rise of gold and silver good for bitcoin?

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    1 hr 31 min
  • Unpacking Bitcoin's Underperformance, Vibecoding with Nostr, Prediction Markets

    0:00 DK is back in the studio, Hans Moravec's predictions, Deepmind hiring an AGI economist.

    5:41 David Marcus and John Komkov's take on AI using and choosing Bitcoin. Google vs OpenAI.

    10:17 BTC underperformance due to rotation into AI?

    20:44 The GPU Marketplace to earn bitcoin and the economics of vibecoding.

    27:50 Max's first foray into vibecoding with memepay.app.

    38:40 How to make bitcoin win? One step, make Nostr work in Replit.

    43:37 Why Steve thinks it's valuable to learn how to vibecode as a base for the future.

    55:23 If you're interested in getting into vibecoding at the Presidio Bitcoin ₿uilder Event.

    58:25 Update on Flint! We're ready for launch.

    1:09:58 Max's magic moment with Replit was buying a URL.

    1:14:33 Different pricing within prediction market platforms. Arbitrage with bitcoin?

    1:19:34 Why is bitcoin underperforming? Is it Quantum, AI rotation, Metals, etc? Companies like Surge, working at Presidio Bitcoin, could help take a loan vs. selling.

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    1 hr 29 min
  • Unveiling Flint, Michael Saylor on What Bitcoin Did, Comparing Bitcoin Treasuries

    0:00 Penalizing tardiness and the “pot” idea

    2:30 Current vibe coding frustrations & friction

    11:50 Flint announced live on PBJ: why now, what it’s for, and who it’s for

    20:10 Flint (Firewood) showcase: DK's vibe-coded app The Shed - Strava for piano

    27:00 Nostr social graph and open identity as a powerful tool for vibe-coded apps

    33:50 Discord vs Nostr: tooling gaps, bounties, zaps as signal

    37:20 Another product idea: Version control for vibe-coding & vibe-coding workflow

    40:08 More on the Flint vision: member expectations, community synergy & help, prompt-sharing, IP ownership & business creation

    47:30 Bitcoin, Lightning, Nostr synergy with Flint: search & discover via zaps, working with core devs on feature sets for apps, ideas for Bitcoiners

    59:40 Six overarching goals for Flint and the “breakout app” north star

    1:02:24 Michael Saylor on What Bitcoin Did - takeaways

    1:05:30 Michael Saylor's core lesson: Meet the world where it is (mandates, bitcoin as collateral, mandates, bridge products)

    01:14:50 Comparing corporate Bitcoin treasuries & accumulation strategies - is it a competition? 01:32:10 Forward-looking thesis on labor and capital convergence: electricity, compute markets, & banking the robots

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    1 hr 34 min
  • Amjad & Paul Graham notice MDK, What is BuckToken, Walmart sorta accepts Bitcoin

    0:00 Welcome to 2026! First bitcoin block, college basketball, mental resets & resolutions.

    9:33 Strategies for reducing attention on algorithm-based platforms and even tools like Discord. 18:22 We blame Elon for starting the show late!

    21:18 Wal-Mart accepts Bitcoin! (sorta)

    25:55 Jack Dorsey's visit to Presidio Bitcoin. Exploring Bitcoin & AGI.

    36:16 Bitcoin's digital gold SOV narrative vs everyday money and payments.

    47:52 How can we accelerate bitcoin payments? Steve's experience using Money Dev Kit.

    56:56 Amjad, of Replit, and Paul Graham, of YC, noticing Money Dev Kit for easy payments. 1:00:10 Prediction markets helpful in an economy with money printing distortions?

    1:06:31 Can teenagers vibecode their way out of the gambling trap and do something positive?

    1:20:28 What is this new Buck or BuckToken, and could it support Strategy's offerings?

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    1 hr 31 min
  • Our 2026 Predictions, Contentious Forks, Vibe Coding Community

    0:00 Does Max's Snoopy sweatshirt count as holiday flair?

    3:00 Building timelocks in Bitcoin using vibe coding.

    10:27 Is vibe coding secure enough for Bitcoin? If so, we have a ton of ideas!

    19:08 Thoughts on creating a vibe coding community?

    30:22 Our last show of 2025: Reviewing how we did with this year's predictions.

    37:24 Okay, actually looking at Max's 2025 predictions.

    45:53 How did DK and Steve do?

    48:27 TLDR, we missed a LOT in 25!

    50:21 Exploring the 4-year cycle. DK & Max say we're going higher!

    54:38 DK's predictions for 2026.

    58:26 Max's predictions for 2026.

    1:21:53 Steve's singular NEW prediction: the Bitcoin ₿ symbol.

    1:27:16 Contentious Forks, BCAP, and changing bitcoin.

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    1 hr 39 min
  • Human Bitcoin Addresses, SHRINCS Post-Quantum Signatures, Bitcoin Gift Cards

    0:00 Celebrating our 50th episode a week late, Steve's travel to Iowa to watch basketball.

    5:57 Generating ideas at PB & ₿uilder. Will Max actually build one using Gemini 3 or just befriend it?

    11:50 Bitcoin Merchant Community is up to a couple thousand businesses. Join today!

    19:28 Hivetalk Demo at ₿uilder, the numbers were impressive! Exploring other hacks with vibe coding.

    24:16 Are the tools and hacks finally ready for a ton of ideas to be built?

    29:00 BIP 353 Human Bitcoin Address Overview. What's your Bitcoin address?

    40:20 Keeping the core principle of Bitcoin: Security, Censorship Resistance, & Privacy. Comparing address implementation types.

    55:28 Other concerns of DNS-based addresses, such as locking from the domain provider.

    1:01:05 Is there a way to own your address on Bitcoin to solve for this, like the Spaces protocol?

    1:15:11 Experience buying and redeeming Fold's Gift Cards. Is this the best option to gift Bitcoin?

    1:21:14 SHRINCS and the Quantum Threat to Bitcoin

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    https://impressionista.fun

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    1 hr 36 min
  • Bitcoin in AI Models, Fold's Gift Cards, Bitkey Private Purchasing

    0:00 Changing of the seasons, visiting Japan, Green Tea, College basketball.

    8:14 Prediction markets going mainstream. Gambling vs. investing and embracing life at the tails.

    13:47 Steve and DK's disagreement with stocks, indexes, and the S&P 500.

    17:08 Bitkey private purchasing for safe hardware delivery and avoiding attacks.

    25:13 The BOSS challenge.

    27:38 Will AI become more powerful and productive than Bitcoin Core contributors?

    36:58 Should we be using LLMs to write BIPs or to make Bitcoin more powerful and secure?

    43:13 As AI gets so good at hacking, Bitcoin will be the target.

    47:50 Topics brought up at Block's Merchant event.

    56:18 Driving forward the Bitcoin Merchant Community at Presidio Bitcoin.

    1:03:38 Fold's Bitcoin Gift Cards.

    1:11:15 AI bifurcation between locally run open-source and frontier models.

    1:22:37 Using AI to empower us to do more of what we want to do.

    1:28:19 Bitcoin is designed for situations where traditional payment flows don't work and will compound with time.

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    1 hr 38 min
  • Did Quantum FUD Price, Bitcoin Merchant Community, Competing with Stripe

    0:00 This was (almost) our final show as we approach our one-year anniversary.

    3:04 Spiral's wave 2 of merchant adoption

    10:50 Organizing the incredible content and how to answer questions on Bitcoin usage

    18:34 Takeaways and thoughts on Block's recent Investor Day and reception of Bitcoin

    36:18 Quantum scare: why the sell-off happened and what’s the real risk

    49:15 Migration mechanics, frozen vs burned coins, and the risk of a contentious fork

    1:04:37 Japan carry trade worries, us debt math, and macro crash scenarios

    1:13:46 Introducing MDK: faster path to shipping Bitcoin payments

    1:25:05 Going head-to-head with Stripe - where Bitcoin can win

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    1 hr 37 min
  • Bitcoin Acceptance on Square, Unpacking the Lava Drama, CashApp & Lightning Dollars

    0:00 It's good to be back to our regularly scheduled programming for the biggest week in Bitcoin.

    3:16 Onboarding the 4 million Square merchants to Bitcoin.

    8:01 Why Bitcoin payments could actually take off this time & integrating with BTC Map.

    14:51 Why did Silicon Valley get Bitcoin wrong, and is it changing? A few barriers persist.

    22:00 How do we sustain this momentum and continue to raise awareness among non-Bitcoiners? Fees are a huge driver of adoption.

    32:20 CashApp users with dollar balances can pay Lightning invoices directly in dollars.

    46:10 How these types of payments work for cross-border and currency conversions. This is the biggest announcement in Bitcoin.

    52:32 Why would CashApp do Stablecoins and Lightning payments? Do they compete?

    55:04 Spiral's efforts to arm the Bitcoin army with meaningful tools to drive adoption. Stablecoins don't have that!

    1:14:57 Lava and lending on Bitcoin. Why do we still believe it is the biggest opportunity outside of casinos?

    1:28:48 Thoughts on why they changed their model from non-custodial to custodial.

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    1 hr 45 min

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PBJ is a weekly live show recorded at Presidio Bitcoin about open money and open intelligence. Join David King, Steve Lee, and Max Webster, longtime open technology advocates with deep roots in…