AI's largest risk to Bitcoin is irrelevance via AI agents not using it

AI's largest risk to Bitcoin is irrelevance via AI agents not using it | If we're going to talk about Bitcoin X risk, I think it's actually just irrelevance. AI, which is emerging for better or for worse...is the killer app for call it cryptographic commerce and transactions. The biggest risk is just that AI agents don't want to use Bitcoin.

If we're going to talk about Bitcoin X risk, I think it's actually just irrelevance. AI, which is emerging for better or for worse...is the killer app for call it cryptographic commerce and transactions. The biggest risk is just that AI agents don't want to use Bitcoin.

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