
#435: Bitcoin Solves the Payments Problem in AI with Kody Low
About this episode
Marty sits down with Kody Low to discuss Fedimints, Lightning, and how they can be applied to power AI tools.
Kody on Twitter: https://twitter.com/kodylow
Check out Fedi: https://www.fedi.xyz/
Join the #Ai4ALL hackathon https://bolt.fun/tournaments/ai4all/overview
0:00 - Intro
5:30 - Marty Barbell Bender
7:10 - Kody’s background, every Bitcoiner a dev
13:59 - What layer is Fedi?
19:38 - Explaining Fedimint
25:43 - What do Fedimints fix about lightning?
30:23 - Expanding on federation
34:46 - Scaling Bitcoin for the world
38:56 - Federated operating system
49:23 - How it works for guardians
57:57 - Privacy
1:00:41 - Synth dollar trading
1:11:18 - AI/Lightning intersection
1:20:33 - L402 and M2M payments
1:35:53 - Lightning’s headstart on crypto
1:38:24 - Avoiding Bitcoin’s volitility with Fedi
1:41:02 - Bitcoin is the best money
1:49:10 - Pushing AI companies to Lightning
1:52:02 - Answer the call, freaks
1:55:25 - Privacy and gpu hosting
2:05:27 - Wrapping up
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