An OpenClaw agent recently provisioned a server, funded it with Bitcoin over Lightning, and bought API credits — all on its own. No human clicked "confirm." This was documented by @Alby in February 2026, and it marks a turning point for what autonomous AI can actually do in the real world.

But there's a bottleneck nobody is solving yet: almost every online service requires a phone number for SMS verification before you can create an account. An agent can browse the web, fill out forms, and even pay for things — but the moment a service sends an OTP code to a phone number, the agent is stuck. It needs a human to read the code.

Until now.

At @LN_VPN, offer rental phone numbers that can receive SMS — accessible through a simple API, payable instantly over the Bitcoin Lightning Network, no account or identity required. This is exactly the missing piece that makes truly autonomous AI agents possible.