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EPISODE · Feb 24, 2026 · 12 MIN

Is Bitcoin the antidote to AI spam?

from The Sat Stacker Show | A Bitcoin Podcast · host The Sat Stacker

What if Bitcoin can save the internet from AI?Spam is already annoying. But what happens if AI agents can scale so cheaply and so fast that they effectively denial-of-service attack human communication itself? If cyberspace has no cost to access, it becomes dominated by whoever can automate the most. Throughout history, sovereignty has required cost. Castle walls weren’t built to look cool, they were built to impose friction. What if Bitcoin is the digital version of that wall?Value 4 Value: If you enjoyed this content feel free to zap me some sats via the lightning network: [email protected] or https://coinos.io/thesatstackerNYKNYC. Buy Bitcoin and withdraw to self custody with Bitcoin Well. Use my referral link for a chance to win free sats: https://bitcoinwell.com/referral/mftabFollow:https://x.com/thesatstackprimal.net/thesatstackerhttps://www.tiktok.com/@thesatstackhttps://open.spotify.com/show/4b58uoQo9Xl7RsbsbbAqAhhttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/my-favorite-thing-about-bitcoin/id1788973938http://fountain.fm/show/YqXJoHuG6qYRBmDW1k37🧠 Key Ideas Covered• AI spam and agentic scale• Dead internet theory• Cyber sovereignty (Jason Lowery)• Hashcash (Adam Back)• Proof of Work explained • Cost imposition vs identity detection• Bitcoin as a neutral global cost layer⸻⚡ Timestamps0:00 – The coming AI spam problem1:03 – The 1997 breakthrough3:00 – Cyber sovereignty explained5:00 – Proof of work and Hashcash7:20 – Why Bitcoin is different8:16 – 1 sat per message math10:29 – What if AI needs Bitcoin to function?11:56 – Bitcoin’s unexpected use case

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