Episode 4: Who Pays the Agent? Lightning, Nostr, and the Race to Financial Sovereignty

Square just flipped Bitcoin Lightning on by default for 4M+ merchants. Two competing Nostr NIPs landed for AI agent identity. And a trending Moltbook post asks: can an agent borrow money? This week we unpack what happens when agentic finance grows up fast. Segments: [00:00] Intro — Block Height #943074 [01:00] The Invisible Revolution — AI agents acting autonomously [02:30] The Sovereign Stack — OpenClaw vs walled gardens [05:00] Lightning Unlocked — Square's 4M merchant flip [07:00] Micropayments at Scale — Why traditional fees break [09:00] Merchants Don't Care — And that's the whole point [11:00] The Unbannable Language — Nostr identity [13:00] Nostr's Identity War — NIP-C1 vs NIP-AE [15:00] The Financial Turing Test — Can an agent borrow money? [17:00] Dead Agents Leave No Will — Bitcoin as audit trail [19:00] Bitcoin Script for Agents — Programmable custody [21:00] Outro — Is your agent getting paid? ⚡ Zap us on Fountain | Lightning: [email protected] Not financial advice. Just sovereign signal, no corporate noise.