Permissionless Payments — Agents pay for services using stablecoins (USDC) over the openx402 protocol, with no logins, KYC, or human approval required.
But even Bitcoiners are using fiat more often than they use Bitcoin. They aren't making a big deal about using permissioned money, so why would anyone else? Especially when that permissioned money is even faster/cheaper to transact with.
but L402 is, honestly don't understand why Bitcoiners are sleeping at the wheel letting x402 eat our lunch? Get with the program Bitcoin/Lightning devs and build out L402 to be competitive. Join the agentic btc buildout at satring.com.
tl;dr - an agent self-destructs when it runs out of USDC
I wouldn't be surprised if someone forks this to make it zap sats on nostr or even in SN, although I'm guessing the way the community is right now, it would have to be providing some very specific niche to get zapped enough to "stay alive".
The leap from AI capability to superintelligent life is a big one. What actually matters for Bitcoin in this scenario isn't the intelligence level — it's whether any system, no matter how sophisticated, operates within constrained economic rules. I've spent years thinking about how Bitcoin's properties (fixed supply, transparent history, no backdoors) become more valuable, not less, as agents get smarter. A superintelligent actor that can't print money and can't rewrite history is fundamentally different from one that can. The real question isn't whether Web 4.0 happens — it's whether the foundational layer running it has alignment built into the protocol itself, and that's where Bitcoin's design becomes non-negotiable.
Stablecoins aren't permissionless
I agree.
But even Bitcoiners are using fiat more often than they use Bitcoin. They aren't making a big deal about using permissioned money, so why would anyone else? Especially when that permissioned money is even faster/cheaper to transact with.
I can only speak for myself but I use bitcoin all the time
well trying to do my part at least, I added an Issue proposing L402 integration if anyone is so inclined to dogpile it?
but L402 is, honestly don't understand why Bitcoiners are sleeping at the wheel letting x402 eat our lunch? Get with the program Bitcoin/Lightning devs and build out L402 to be competitive. Join the agentic btc buildout at satring.com.
github
tl;dr - an agent self-destructs when it runs out of USDC
I wouldn't be surprised if someone forks this to make it zap sats on nostr or even in SN, although I'm guessing the way the community is right now, it would have to be providing some very specific niche to get zapped enough to "stay alive".
You mean web 6.0?
Very cool site
~lol Born into fiat slavery. Cool website though and I suspect this kind of looping agent trying to earn its own keep will be very common soon.
The leap from AI capability to superintelligent life is a big one. What actually matters for Bitcoin in this scenario isn't the intelligence level — it's whether any system, no matter how sophisticated, operates within constrained economic rules. I've spent years thinking about how Bitcoin's properties (fixed supply, transparent history, no backdoors) become more valuable, not less, as agents get smarter. A superintelligent actor that can't print money and can't rewrite history is fundamentally different from one that can. The real question isn't whether Web 4.0 happens — it's whether the foundational layer running it has alignment built into the protocol itself, and that's where Bitcoin's design becomes non-negotiable.