
Presidio Bitcoin Jam
With David King, Max Webster, and Steve Lee
Show overview
Presidio Bitcoin Jam launched in 2025 and has put out 67 episodes in the time since. That works out to roughly 100 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a weekly cadence.
Episodes typically run over ninety minutes — most land between 1h 27m and 1h 38m — and the run-time is fairly consistent across the catalogue. None of the episodes are flagged explicit by the publisher. It is catalogued as a EN-language Technology show.
The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed 1 weeks ago, with 15 episodes already out so far this year. The busiest year was 2025, with 52 episodes published. Published by With David King, Max Webster, and Steve Lee.
From the publisher
<p>PBJ is a weekly live show recorded at Presidio Bitcoin where 3 friends gather to make sense of bitcoin’s latest topics, from distilling technical concepts to discussing new ways to use bitcoin to determining its impact on the financial system. Join David King, Steve Lee, and Max Webster, longtime bitcoiners with deep roots in Silicon Valley, as they swap knowledge, challenge assumptions, and joust about the big questions of the day, bridging the gap between big tech and bitcoin. <a href="http://presidiobitcoin.substack.com">presidiobitcoin.substack.com</a></p>
Latest Episodes
View all 67 episodesSaylor to sell bitcoin, Block earnings beat, Anthropic partners with xAI
Frontier Models Eating All, SF's AI Dominance, Bitcoin Vegas Announcements
Presidio Bitcoin's Quantum Readiness Report, Iran Wants Bitcoin, Can Mythos Break Bitcoin?
Google's Quantum Warning Overblown?, OpenAI Acquires TBPN, Jack Dorsey Makes Block Mini-AGI
<p>Timestamps: </p> <p>0:00 Opening banter and agenda setting </p> <p>2:00 Google and Oratomic quantum papers & the “n minus one” framing </p> <p>6:44 Quantum uncertainty: AI acceleration & s-curves </p> <p>10:06 Preparedness planning and scenario-based bitcoin responses </p> <p>11:52 Why government and corporate quantum timelines are misleading </p> <p>15:12 Post-quantum signature tradeoffs: SHRINCS, SHRIMPS, and state </p> <p>23:35 Why quantum is a harder problem for bitcoin than other technologies and orgs </p> <p>30:57 Competing quantum narratives, incentives, and media hype </p> <p>34:24 The new bitcoin faucet & Block’s teaser campaign </p> <p>36:30 Square’s default bitcoin payments rollout and adoption friction </p> <p>43:00 Tipping, UX constraints, and Lightning’s retail payment challenge </p> <p>52:31 OpenAI’s TBPN acquisition and the strategic value of media distribution </p> <p>59:50 Open-source AI & Google's Gemma 4 release </p> <p>1:03:14 Block’s new mesh-llm and peer-to-peer compute </p> <p>1:07:21 Open agent marketplaces, business models, and demand formation </p> <p>1:22:40 Block’s corporate structure shift from "hierarchy to intelligence" and the “mini-agi” vision </p> <p>1:32:55 Scheduling notes - no pod next Friday! Next pod Tuesday, April 14</p> <p>-</p> <p>SHOW NOTES:</p> <p>Block's bitcoin faucet: <a href="https://btc.day/">https://btc.day/</a></p> <p>Google's quantum paper: <a href="https://research.google/blog/safeguarding-cryptocurrency-by-disclosing-quantum-vulnerabilities-responsibly/">https://research.google/blog/safeguarding-cryptocurrency-by-disclosing-quantum-vulnerabilities-responsibly/</a></p> <p>Oratomic quantum paper: <a href="https://arxiv.org/html/2603.28627v1">https://arxiv.org/html/2603.28627v1</a></p> <p>SHRIMPS: <a href="https://delvingbitcoin.org/t/shrimps-2-5-kb-post-quantum-signatures-across-multiple-stateful-devices/2355">https://delvingbitcoin.org/t/shrimps-2-5-kb-post-quantum-signatures-across-multiple-stateful-devices/2355</a></p> <p>Mesh-llm: <a href="https://www.anarchai.org/">https://www.anarchai.org/</a></p> <p>Block's corporate structure shift: <a href="https://block.xyz/inside/from-hierarchy-to-intelligence">https://block.xyz/inside/from-hierarchy-to-intelligence</a></p> <p>-</p> <p>SUBSCRIBE:</p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/@PresidioBitcoin">https://www.youtube.com/@PresidioBitcoin</a></p>
Coinbase Mortgages, Privacy for AI and Payments, Lexe Launches
<p>0:00 Opening banter, Iowa State, and March Madness stakes </p> <p>07:10 Coinbase’s Bitcoin-backed mortgage model </p> <p>11:12 Who the Coinbase mortgage product is really for </p> <p>20:58 Competitive implications for Bitcoin lending and housing finance </p> <p>27:40 De minimis tax policy and the case for Bitcoin payments </p> <p>31:27 STRC-backed stablecoins as regional savings products </p> <p>37:10 Lexe’s launch and trusted-execution Lightning wallets </p> <p>45:10 SDK design, experimentation, and the search for breakout use cases </p> <p>52:46 Privacy limits in Base, Spark and stablecoin payments </p> <p>01:02:20 Hong Kong’s decryption powers and the erosion of financial privacy </p> <p>01:04:50 Stripe, open-source AI, and shifting infrastructure questions </p> <p>01:12:52 Spiral’s AI criteria (low-level tools, protocols, and defensibility) </p> <p>01:16:08 Peer-to-peer training networks and verifiable model provenance </p> <p>01:20:13 Naming systems for agents and online resources</p> <p>-</p> <p>SHOW NOTES:</p> <p>Coinbase Mortgages: <a href="https://www.coinbase.com/blog/coinbase-powers-the-first-crypto-backed-conforming-mortgages-by-better">https://www.coinbase.com/blog/coinbase-powers-the-first-crypto-backed-conforming-mortgages-by-better</a></p> <p>Lexe Launch: <a href="https://blog.lexe.app/public-launch/">https://blog.lexe.app/public-launch/</a></p> <p>-</p> <p>SUBSCRIBE:</p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/@PresidioBitcoin">https://www.youtube.com/@PresidioBitcoin</a></p>
Bitcoin's Branding Problem, AI's Impact on Open Source, Can Spiral's Playbook Work for AI?
<p>0:00 - March Madness and opening banter </p> <p>06:30 - Square’s latest Bitcoin payments rollout and the remaining merchant adoption hurdles </p> <p>16:13 - Bitcoin branding problems and the challenge of negative first impressions </p> <p>21:30 - Reframing the Bitcoin merchant pitch around Lightning, fee savings, and cleaner UX </p> <p>26:00 - Branding for Presidio Bitcoin, PBJ, and the tension between mission clarity and broader appeal </p> <p>28:50 - "Crypto" stigma in tech circles and potential counter-narratives for Bitcoin </p> <p>36:31 - Privacy coins, stablecoins, and open-source framing as rival narratives </p> <p>43:10 - Student visits, "yuppie-elite" skepticism, and the university awareness gap </p> <p>49:03 - What would make institutions and students pay more attention to Bitcoin? </p> <p>56:51 - Education, entrepreneurship, and AI-native alternatives to traditional schooling </p> <p>01:03:40 - Spending Bitcoin, monetary transition, and the long-run logic of better money </p> <p>01:08:20 - Tempo's Machine Payments Protocol (MPP) announcement, Lightning interoperability (via Lightspark), and cautious optimism around AI payments </p> <p>01:12:30 - Builder branding, Flint, and whether Bitcoin should lead or recede in the pitch </p> <p>01:15:26 - AI’s impact on FOSS, licensing, transparency, and software value </p> <p>01:26:58 - Spiral’s AI playbook, auditability, and the shift from FOSS to sovereignty</p> <p>- </p> <p>SHOW NOTES: </p> <p>Why The Yuppie Elite Dismiss Bitcoin: <a href="https://www.citadel21.com/why-the-yuppie-elite-dismiss-bitcoin">https://www.citadel21.com/why-the-yuppie-elite-dismiss-bitcoin</a> </p> <p>Tempo's Machine Payments Protocol: <a href="https://stripe.com/blog/machine-payments-protocol">https://stripe.com/blog/machine-payments-protocol</a></p> <p>- </p> <p>SUBSCRIBE: </p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/@PresidioBitcoin">https://www.youtube.com/@PresidioBitcoin</a></p>
Strategy's STRC Buying Spree, Open-Source AI Blind Spots, Bitcoin Stablecoins from Utexo & Ark
<p>0:00 Opening banter: Elon chocolate, Dipsea registration, and college basketball </p> <p>9:55 New York PubKey ₿uilder event and Spiral retreat recap </p> <p>12:35 Presenting agentic commerce and the case for Bitcoin payments </p> <p>15:50 Agentic payments: open questions, hype vs reality </p> <p>18:35 Hype vs reality in current agentic payment adoption </p> <p>21:38 Consumer commerce as the clearest early use case </p> <p>23:38 Ads, trust, and why LLM commerce may break the Google model </p> <p>28:45 Yahoo, Google, and the economics of search monetization </p> <p>34:56 Subscriptions, open models, and the future AI business model mix </p> <p>45:00 Open-source AI: where the biggest gaps and opportunities may be </p> <p>47:35 Linux, cloud infrastructure, and lessons for AI’s open stack </p> <p>56:40 The open standard: open models, open hardware, and verifiable compute </p> <p>1:02:32 Bitcoin-native rails for agent coordination, collateral, and payments </p> <p>1:17:48 Meta, “performance art” agents, and the limits of current social AI </p> <p>1:20:28 Voice interfaces, agent orchestration, and the future of work </p> <p>1:35:02 Strategy’s STRC buying spree and Bitcoin-based yield demand </p> <p>1:40:07 Bitcoin-based stablecoins from Utexo, Ark Labs, and Tether</p> <p>- </p> <p>SHOW NOTES: </p> <p>PubKey Podcast with Steve, Haley and Mat: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01NLHgBO-dM">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01NLHgBO-dM</a> </p> <p>STRC Tracker: <a href="http://strc.live">strc.live</a></p> <p>- </p> <p>SUBSCRIBE: </p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/@PresidioBitcoin">https://www.youtube.com/@PresidioBitcoin</a></p>
Codex vs Claude Vibe Coding, Study Shows AI Agents Prefer Bitcoin, Kazakhstan to Add BTC?
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/live/xID5cFaXAu0">0:00</a> Presidio power outage almost cancels show & FSD catch-up </p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/live/xID5cFaXAu0?t=345s">05:45</a> State of AI coding tools: Claude, Codex, Gemini, and workflow shifts </p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/live/xID5cFaXAu0?t=890s">14:50</a> Writing, AI-dependence, and finding the right human-AI creative process </p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/live/xID5cFaXAu0?t=1045s">17:25</a> Career advice for students and why AI fluency is now paramount </p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/live/xID5cFaXAu0?t=1314s">21:54</a> PB as a hub for AI hackathon and bridging Bitcoin into broader builder culture </p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/live/xID5cFaXAu0?t=1728s">28:48</a> "Internet of earners" & Bitcoin-native microtask markets </p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/live/xID5cFaXAu0?t=1997s">33:17</a> Bootstrapping agent economies, hackathon design, and Bitcoin onboarding </p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/live/xID5cFaXAu0?t=2265s">37:45</a> Lightning infrastructure, open standards, and the case for broader access </p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/live/xID5cFaXAu0?t=2467s">41:07</a> Autonomous Lightning nodes and permissionless Bitcoin yield infrastructure </p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/live/xID5cFaXAu0?t=3560s">59:20</a> Comparing Claude, Gemini, Codex, and building multi-agent workflows </p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/live/xID5cFaXAu0?t=4627s">1:17:07</a> BPI’s AI monetary preferences study: Bitcoin vs. stablecoins </p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/live/xID5cFaXAu0?t=5585s">1:33:05</a> L402 directories and discovering agent-payable services </p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/live/xID5cFaXAu0?t=5681s">1:34:41</a> Kazakhstan, sovereign Bitcoin custody, and open questions for nation-state adoption </p> <ul> <li>SHOW NOTES:</li> </ul> <p>AI Hackathon: <a href="https://hack-nation.ai/">https://hack-nation.ai/</a> </p> <p>BPI Study - Which Money do AI Agents Prefer?: <a href="https://www.moneyforai.org/">https://www.moneyforai.org/</a></p> <p>-</p> <p>SUBSCRIBE:</p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/@PresidioBitcoin">https://www.youtube.com/@PresidioBitcoin</a></p>
Meta Stablecoins Return, Open-Source Agents, OpenClaw Builder Meetup
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/live/NejxiHIBy_w">0:00</a> The Presidio Bitcoin Index </p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/live/NejxiHIBy_w?t=275s">04:35</a> Haley’s raffle tool and the promise of vibe coding </p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/live/NejxiHIBy_w?t=540s">09:00</a> OpenClaw Builder meetup attracting a huge non-Bitcoin audience </p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/live/NejxiHIBy_w?t=700s">11:40</a> Jesse Posner’s presentation and the expanding AI vision behind Vora </p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/live/NejxiHIBy_w?t=977s">16:17</a> Demand for personal agent hardware and secure local AI systems </p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/live/NejxiHIBy_w?t=1340s">22:20</a> Authentication, custody, and the unresolved security model for personal agents </p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/live/NejxiHIBy_w?t=1601s">26:41</a> Builder meetup takeaways & Bitcoin as background/hidden infrastructure </p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/live/NejxiHIBy_w?t=1740s">29:00</a> River’s adoption report, miner migration, and hash rate resilience amid AI demand </p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/live/NejxiHIBy_w?t=2025s">33:45</a> Lightning scaling tensions </p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/live/NejxiHIBy_w?t=2580s">43:00</a> Lightning usage metrics and the rise in settlement volume </p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/live/NejxiHIBy_w?t=3034s">50:34</a> Agentic payments, open-source agents, and the importance for neutral monetary rails </p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/live/NejxiHIBy_w?t=3746s">01:02:26</a> Unhuman domains and the growth of agent-first digital services </p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/live/NejxiHIBy_w?t=4168s">01:09:28</a> Chat as the dominant interface & the decline of traditional apps </p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/live/NejxiHIBy_w?t=4382s">01:13:02</a> Shoutout to Alby & their agent push </p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/live/NejxiHIBy_w?t=4445s">01:14:05</a> Stablecoin news: Stripe to acquire Paypal, Meta's return to stablecoins and Lightspark’s push to win stablecoin payments </p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/live/NejxiHIBy_w?t=4829s">01:20:29</a> Block layoffs and the broader trend of AI-driven restructuring </p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/live/NejxiHIBy_w?t=5340s">01:29:00</a> Corporate layoffs & entrepreneurial adaptation in an AI world</p> <p>-</p> <p>SHOW NOTES:</p> <p>River's adoption report: <a href="https://river.com/learn/files/river-bitcoin-adoption-report-2026.pdf">https://river.com/learn/files/river-bitcoin-adoption-report-2026.pdf</a> </p> <p>Unhuman domains: <a href="https://www.unhuman.domains/">https://www.unhuman.domains/</a></p> <p>-</p> <p>SUBSCRIBE:</p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/@PresidioBitcoin">https://www.youtube.com/@PresidioBitcoin</a></p>
OpenClaw joins OpenAI, Agent Wallets and Payments, Lightning vs Stablecoins for Agentic Commerce
<p>0:00 Studio reset and laying down the law after technical issues</p> <p>1:25 Mardi Gras whiplash and escaping the SF tech/AI bubble</p> <p>2:35 Post-AGI life, work, and the “permanent underclass”</p> <p>7:40 Presidio Bitcoin Index teaser</p> <p>9:45 What “open source” means in an agent world</p> <p>12:15 Ideating agent-native GitHub</p> <p>16:05 OpenClaw ₿uilder meetup (SF) and March ₿uilder NYC at PubKey</p> <p>19:40 Hackathon takeaways: vibe-coding enabling mass participation, exponential tooling leaps, Replit skepticism</p> <p>29:40 Agentic payments primer - defining the terms and framing the landscape</p> <p>39:00 Stablecoin UX reality: chain/pair explosion, gas complexity, and interoperability painpoints 52:40 Lightning as a simplifier: interoperability across wallets and consumer abstraction</p> <p>56:20 KYC barriers for agents and liability questions</p> <p>1:07:30 Agent-to-agent payment demo</p> <p>1:10:10 Adoption strategy debate: seller adoption, agents as customers, and why there's urgency 1:27:50 OpenClaw joining OpenAI psyop speculation</p> <p>-</p> <p>SHOW NOTES:</p> <p>OpenClaw ₿uilder meetup (SF): <a href="https://luma.com/9b8p41f4">https://luma.com/9b8p41f4</a></p> <p>-</p> <p>SUBSCRIBE:</p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/@PresidioBitcoin">https://www.youtube.com/@PresidioBitcoin</a></p>
Y Combinator's USDC Move, Ori Agent Group Chats, OpenClaw Meetup
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/live/VdJj0sjKDiY">0:00</a> Sat tardiness fines</p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/live/VdJj0sjKDiY?t=138s">2:18</a> OpenClaw meetup recap</p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/live/VdJj0sjKDiY?t=360s">6:00</a> Why OpenClaw feels different than “just Claude”</p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/live/VdJj0sjKDiY?t=538s">8:58</a> “Is this already AGI?”</p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/live/VdJj0sjKDiY?t=785s">13:05</a> Ori explained: productized OpenClaw bot that joins group chats</p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/live/VdJj0sjKDiY?t=954s">15:54</a> Group chat vibecoding</p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/live/VdJj0sjKDiY?t=1227s">20:27</a> Ori's moneydevkit (MDK) integration - frictionless, under the hood lightning payments as a hidden superpower</p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/live/VdJj0sjKDiY?t=1350s">22:30</a> Tangible Ori examples: small-group bets, prediction markets, trivia payouts & more</p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/live/VdJj0sjKDiY?t=1745s">29:05</a> “Is Ori private?” & the path to local/open-source models and safer enclaves</p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/live/VdJj0sjKDiY?t=1960s">32:40</a> Agentic commerce: bots browsing, paying, zapping, hiring humans - internet gdp explosion thesis</p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/live/VdJj0sjKDiY?t=2900s">48:20</a> Risks: addiction, prompt injection, and opsec</p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/live/VdJj0sjKDiY?t=3130s">52:10</a> Ori onboarding ideas: welcomes, tips, custom memes, and how to get new groups to find the magic</p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/live/VdJj0sjKDiY?t=4568s">1:16:08</a> Y Combinator funding in USDC</p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/live/VdJj0sjKDiY?t=4840s">1:20:40</a> Cash App dollars as a supercharge for lightning adoption</p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/live/VdJj0sjKDiY?t=5130s">1:25:30</a> Big payments on lightning & institutional use - what matters and where it could go</p> <p>-</p> <p>SHOW NOTES:</p> <p><a href="https://ori.bot/">https://ori.bot/</a></p> <p>-</p> <p>SUBSCRIBE:</p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/@PresidioBitcoin">https://www.youtube.com/@PresidioBitcoin</a></p>
Moltbot is Molting Again, Musk SpaceX and xAI Merger, Is Broader Crypto Dying?
<p>0:00 Accountants telling merchants to turn off bitcoin acceptance? Shoutout to Satoshi Pacioli. </p> <p>6:14 What the guys won at the Presidio Bitcoin Awards Night. </p> <p>9:42 Block moving to the ₿ symbol, goodbye Sats! </p> <p>15:07 Robots are making their own agreements that Bitcoin is the best. </p> <p>20:37 Let's take a step back. What's happening here with Moltbook, Goose, etc? </p> <p>30:20 The conversations happening on Moltbook. Who's an agent, a human? </p> <p>35:22 SpaceX merging with xAI? Max's take on the future of Elon Co. </p> <p>41:25 Autonomous cars and the future of driving. TLDR: Trust the curves. </p> <p>49:16 Max's update on his vibecoding endeavors and conversations from the ₿uilder event at PB. </p> <p>1:04:31 Flint has tons of ideas, but can we make a public forum where ideas can be crowdfunded? </p> <p>1:06:36 Crypto is dying. Quantum, gold, a leverage wash, and correlation to Bitcoin. </p> <p>1:14:12 If you're bullish AI, then you should be bullish bitcoin? </p> <p>1:21:31 Is the rise of gold and silver good for bitcoin?</p> <p>-</p> <p>SHOW NOTES:</p> <p><a href="https://flints.dev/">https://flints.dev/</a></p> <p>-</p> <p>SUBSCRIBE:</p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/@PresidioBitcoin">https://www.youtube.com/@PresidioBitcoin</a></p>
Unpacking Bitcoin's Underperformance, Vibecoding with Nostr, Prediction Markets
<p>0:00 DK is back in the studio, Hans Moravec's predictions, Deepmind hiring an AGI economist.</p> <p>5:41 David Marcus and John Komkov's take on AI using and choosing Bitcoin. Google vs OpenAI.</p> <p>10:17 BTC underperformance due to rotation into AI?</p> <p>20:44 The GPU Marketplace to earn bitcoin and the economics of vibecoding.</p> <p>27:50 Max's first foray into vibecoding with <a href="http://memepay.app">memepay.app</a>.</p> <p>38:40 How to make bitcoin win? One step, make Nostr work in Replit.</p> <p>43:37 Why Steve thinks it's valuable to learn how to vibecode as a base for the future.</p> <p>55:23 If you're interested in getting into vibecoding at the Presidio Bitcoin ₿uilder Event.</p> <p>58:25 Update on Flint! We're ready for launch.</p> <p>1:09:58 Max's magic moment with Replit was buying a URL.</p> <p>1:14:33 Different pricing within prediction market platforms. Arbitrage with bitcoin?</p> <p>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.</p> <p>-</p> <p>SHOW NOTES:</p> <p><a href="https://flints.dev/">https://flints.dev/</a></p> <p>-</p> <p>SUBSCRIBE:</p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/@PresidioBitcoin">https://www.youtube.com/@PresidioBitcoin</a></p>
Unveiling Flint, Michael Saylor on What Bitcoin Did, Comparing Bitcoin Treasuries
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNoES_ygukM">0:00</a> Penalizing tardiness and the “pot” idea</p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNoES_ygukM&t=150s">2:30</a> Current vibe coding frustrations & friction</p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNoES_ygukM&t=680s">11:50</a> Flint announced live on PBJ: why now, what it’s for, and who it’s for</p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNoES_ygukM&t=1210s">20:10</a> Flint (Firewood) showcase: DK's vibe-coded app The Shed - Strava for piano</p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNoES_ygukM&t=1620s">27:00</a> Nostr social graph and open identity as a powerful tool for vibe-coded apps</p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNoES_ygukM&t=2030s">33:50</a> Discord vs Nostr: tooling gaps, bounties, zaps as signal</p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNoES_ygukM&t=2240s">37:20</a> Another product idea: Version control for vibe-coding & vibe-coding workflow</p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNoES_ygukM&t=2400s">40:08</a> More on the Flint vision: member expectations, community synergy & help, prompt-sharing, IP ownership & business creation</p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNoES_ygukM&t=2880s">47:30</a> Bitcoin, Lightning, Nostr synergy with Flint: search & discover via zaps, working with core devs on feature sets for apps, ideas for Bitcoiners</p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNoES_ygukM&t=3580s">59:40</a> Six overarching goals for Flint and the “breakout app” north star</p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNoES_ygukM&t=3745s">1:02:24</a> Michael Saylor on What Bitcoin Did - takeaways</p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNoES_ygukM&t=3930s">1:05:30</a> Michael Saylor's core lesson: Meet the world where it is (mandates, bitcoin as collateral, mandates, bridge products)</p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNoES_ygukM&t=4500s">01:14:50</a> Comparing corporate Bitcoin treasuries & accumulation strategies - is it a competition? <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNoES_ygukM&t=5530s">01:32:10</a> Forward-looking thesis on labor and capital convergence: electricity, compute markets, & banking the robots</p> <p>-</p> <p>SHOW NOTES:</p> <p><a href="https://flints.dev/">https://flints.dev/</a></p> <p>-</p> <p>SUBSCRIBE:</p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/@PresidioBitcoin">https://www.youtube.com/@PresidioBitcoin</a></p>
Amjad & Paul Graham notice MDK, What is BuckToken, Walmart sorta accepts Bitcoin
<p>0:00 Welcome to 2026! First bitcoin block, college basketball, mental resets & resolutions. </p> <p>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! </p> <p>21:18 Wal-Mart accepts Bitcoin! (sorta) </p> <p>25:55 Jack Dorsey's visit to Presidio Bitcoin. Exploring Bitcoin & AGI. </p> <p>36:16 Bitcoin's digital gold SOV narrative vs everyday money and payments. </p> <p>47:52 How can we accelerate bitcoin payments? Steve's experience using Money Dev Kit. </p> <p>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? </p> <p>1:06:31 Can teenagers vibecode their way out of the gambling trap and do something positive? </p> <p>1:20:28 What is this new Buck or BuckToken, and could it support Strategy's offerings?</p> <p>-</p> <p>SHOW NOTES:</p> <p><a href="https://moneydevkit.com/">https://moneydevkit.com/</a></p> <p>-</p> <p>SUBSCRIBE:</p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/@PresidioBitcoin">https://www.youtube.com/@PresidioBitcoin</a></p>
Our 2026 Predictions, Contentious Forks, Vibe Coding Community
<p>0:00 Does Max's Snoopy sweatshirt count as holiday flair? </p> <p>3:00 Building timelocks in Bitcoin using vibe coding. </p> <p>10:27 Is vibe coding secure enough for Bitcoin? If so, we have a ton of ideas! </p> <p>19:08 Thoughts on creating a vibe coding community? </p> <p>30:22 Our last show of 2025: Reviewing how we did with this year's predictions. </p> <p>37:24 Okay, actually looking at Max's 2025 predictions. </p> <p>45:53 How did DK and Steve do? </p> <p>48:27 TLDR, we missed a LOT in 25! </p> <p>50:21 Exploring the 4-year cycle. DK & Max say we're going higher! </p> <p>54:38 DK's predictions for 2026. </p> <p>58:26 Max's predictions for 2026. </p> <p>1:21:53 Steve's singular NEW prediction: the Bitcoin ₿ symbol. </p> <p>1:27:16 Contentious Forks, BCAP, and changing bitcoin. </p> <p>-</p> <p>SHOW NOTES: </p> <p><a href="https://bitcoin-cap.github.io/bcap/">https://bitcoin-cap.github.io/bcap/</a> </p> <p>-</p> <p>SUBSCRIBE: </p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/@PresidioBitcoin">https://www.youtube.com/@PresidioBitcoin</a></p>
Human Bitcoin Addresses, SHRINCS Post-Quantum Signatures, Bitcoin Gift Cards
<p>0:00 Celebrating our 50th episode a week late, Steve's travel to Iowa to watch basketball. </p> <p>5:57 Generating ideas at PB & ₿uilder. Will Max actually build one using Gemini 3 or just befriend it? </p> <p>11:50 Bitcoin Merchant Community is up to a couple thousand businesses. Join today! </p> <p>19:28 Hivetalk Demo at ₿uilder, the numbers were impressive! Exploring other hacks with vibe coding. </p> <p>24:16 Are the tools and hacks finally ready for a ton of ideas to be built? </p> <p>29:00 BIP 353 Human Bitcoin Address Overview. What's your Bitcoin address? </p> <p>40:20 Keeping the core principle of Bitcoin: Security, Censorship Resistance, & Privacy. Comparing address implementation types. </p> <p>55:28 Other concerns of DNS-based addresses, such as locking from the domain provider. </p> <p>1:01:05 Is there a way to own your address on Bitcoin to solve for this, like the Spaces protocol? </p> <p>1:15:11 Experience buying and redeeming Fold's Gift Cards. Is this the best option to gift Bitcoin? </p> <p>1:21:14 SHRINCS and the Quantum Threat to Bitcoin </p> <p>-</p> <p>SHOW NOTES: </p> <p><a href="https://www.bitcoinmerchantcommunity.org/">https://www.bitcoinmerchantcommunity.org/</a> </p> <p><a href="https://impressionista.fun">https://impressionista.fun</a> </p> <p>-</p> <p>SUBSCRIBE: </p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/@PresidioBitcoin">https://www.youtube.com/@PresidioBitcoin</a></p>
Bitcoin in AI Models, Fold's Gift Cards, Bitkey Private Purchasing
<p>0:00 Changing of the seasons, visiting Japan, Green Tea, College basketball. </p> <p>8:14 Prediction markets going mainstream. Gambling vs. investing and embracing life at the tails. </p> <p>13:47 Steve and DK's disagreement with stocks, indexes, and the S&P 500. </p> <p>17:08 Bitkey private purchasing for safe hardware delivery and avoiding attacks. </p> <p>25:13 The BOSS challenge. </p> <p>27:38 Will AI become more powerful and productive than Bitcoin Core contributors? </p> <p>36:58 Should we be using LLMs to write BIPs or to make Bitcoin more powerful and secure? </p> <p>43:13 As AI gets so good at hacking, Bitcoin will be the target. </p> <p>47:50 Topics brought up at Block's Merchant event. </p> <p>56:18 Driving forward the Bitcoin Merchant Community at Presidio Bitcoin. </p> <p>1:03:38 Fold's Bitcoin Gift Cards. </p> <p>1:11:15 AI bifurcation between locally run open-source and frontier models. </p> <p>1:22:37 Using AI to empower us to do more of what we want to do. </p> <p>1:28:19 Bitcoin is designed for situations where traditional payment flows don't work and will compound with time.</p> <p>-</p> <p>SHOW NOTES:</p> <p><a href="https://www.bitcoinmerchantcommunity.org/">https://www.bitcoinmerchantcommunity.org/</a></p> <p>- FOLLOW:</p> <p>Presidio Bitcoin:<a href="https://x.com/PresidioBitcoin">https://x.com/PresidioBitcoin</a></p> <p>Steve Lee:<a href="https://x.com/moneyball">https://x.com/moneyball</a></p> <p>Max Webster:<a href="https://x.com/MaxAWebster">https://x.com/MaxAWebster</a></p> <p>David King:<a href="https://x.com/dksf">https://x.com/dksf</a></p> <p>-</p> <p>WATCH THE SHOW:</p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/@PresidioBitcoin">https://www.youtube.com/@PresidioBitcoin</a></p>
Did Quantum FUD Price, Bitcoin Merchant Community, Competing with Stripe
<p>0:00 This was (almost) our final show as we approach our one-year anniversary.</p> <p>3:04 Spiral's wave 2 of merchant adoption</p> <p>10:50 Organizing the incredible content and how to answer questions on Bitcoin usage</p> <p>18:34 Takeaways and thoughts on Block's recent Investor Day and reception of Bitcoin</p> <p>36:18 Quantum scare: why the sell-off happened and what’s the real risk</p> <p>49:15 Migration mechanics, frozen vs burned coins, and the risk of a contentious fork</p> <p>1:04:37 Japan carry trade worries, us debt math, and macro crash scenarios</p> <p>1:13:46 Introducing MDK: faster path to shipping Bitcoin payments</p> <p>1:25:05 Going head-to-head with Stripe - where Bitcoin can win</p> <p>-</p> <p>SHOW NOTES:</p> <p><a href="https://www.bitcoinmerchantcommunity.org/">https://www.bitcoinmerchantcommunity.org/</a></p> <p>- FOLLOW:</p> <p>Presidio Bitcoin:<a href="https://x.com/PresidioBitcoin">https://x.com/PresidioBitcoin</a></p> <p>Steve Lee:<a href="https://x.com/moneyball">https://x.com/moneyball</a></p> <p>Max Webster:<a href="https://x.com/MaxAWebster">https://x.com/MaxAWebster</a></p> <p>David King:<a href="https://x.com/dksf">https://x.com/dksf</a></p> <p>-</p> <p>WATCH THE SHOW:</p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/@PresidioBitcoin">https://www.youtube.com/@PresidioBitcoin</a></p>
Bitcoin Acceptance on Square, Unpacking the Lava Drama, CashApp & Lightning Dollars
<p>0:00 It's good to be back to our regularly scheduled programming for the biggest week in Bitcoin. </p> <p>3:16 Onboarding the 4 million Square merchants to Bitcoin. </p> <p>8:01 Why Bitcoin payments could actually take off this time & integrating with BTC Map. </p> <p>14:51 Why did Silicon Valley get Bitcoin wrong, and is it changing? A few barriers persist. </p> <p>22:00 How do we sustain this momentum and continue to raise awareness among non-Bitcoiners? Fees are a huge driver of adoption. </p> <p>32:20 CashApp users with dollar balances can pay Lightning invoices directly in dollars. </p> <p>46:10 How these types of payments work for cross-border and currency conversions. This is the biggest announcement in Bitcoin. </p> <p>52:32 Why would CashApp do Stablecoins and Lightning payments? Do they compete? </p> <p>55:04 Spiral's efforts to arm the Bitcoin army with meaningful tools to drive adoption. Stablecoins don't have that! </p> <p>1:14:57 Lava and lending on Bitcoin. Why do we still believe it is the biggest opportunity outside of casinos? </p> <p>1:28:48 Thoughts on why they changed their model from non-custodial to custodial.</p> <p>SHOW NOTES:</p> <p><a href="https://www.bitcoinmerchantcommunity.org/">https://www.bitcoinmerchantcommunity.org/</a></p> <p>FOLLOW:</p> <p>Presidio Bitcoin:<a href="https://x.com/PresidioBitcoin">https://x.com/PresidioBitcoin</a></p> <p>Steve Lee:<a href="https://x.com/moneyball">https://x.com/moneyball</a></p> <p>Max Webster:<a href="https://x.com/MaxAWebster">https://x.com/MaxAWebster</a></p> <p>David King:<a href="https://x.com/dksf">https://x.com/dksf</a></p> <p>WATCH THE SHOW:</p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/@PresidioBitcoin">https://www.youtube.com/@PresidioBitcoin</a></p>