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EPISODE · Feb 16, 2026 · 28 MIN

Ten31 Timestamp: Bitcoin Fixes the Energy Problem

from TFTC: A Bitcoin Podcast

The AI revolution is accelerating faster than most people realize, but major institutions aren't accounting for it in their economic projections. While the CBO just added $1.4 trillion to this decade's deficit forecast, they completely missed the potential disruption from artificial intelligence. 🔗 https://bitcoinproducts.com In this episode: - The viral "something big is happening" AI post and what it missed - Why institutional adoption of AI tools faces massive inertia despite breakthrough capabilities - How the managerial class creates friction against disruptive technologies - CBO deficit projections ignore AI's potential economic disruption - Private credit losses pile up as AI disrupts software companies - Lightning Labs releases agent payment tools - the machine payable web arrives - Why Bitcoiners can't be complacent about agent payments - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - TIMESTAMPS: 00:00:00 - Introduction from Bitcoin Investor Week NYC 00:02:06 - The viral AI post breakdown and institutional blindness 00:06:41 - Testing AI tools at TFTC - reality vs hype 00:09:00 - Managerial class inertia against disruption 00:11:05 - CBO deficit projections miss AI disruption completely 00:16:26 - Private credit losses from AI disruption begin 00:21:00 - Bitcoin and the machine payable web revolution 00:24:06 - Lightning Labs agent payment tools launch 00:26:00 - Competition for agent payments - Bitcoin must compete - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - SUBSCRIBE › Newsletter (free): https://tftc.io/bitcoin-brief/ › YouTube: https://youtube.com/@TFTC?sub_confirmation=1 FOLLOW US › X: https://x.com/tftc21 › Nostr: https://primal.net/tftc FOLLOW MARTY › X: https://x.com/MartyBent TEN31 › Timestamp: https://www.ten31timestamp.com/ › John Arnold: https://x.com/JohnArnoldTen31 PARTNERS › Ten31: https://ten31.xyz - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - TFTC #MartyBent #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Lightning #AgentPayments

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