Episode 2: The Sovereign Stack Strikes Back — AI Agents, Lightning's 8th, and Bitcoin Covenants
About this episode
This episode discusses NVIDIA's corporate AI strategies, the success of the Lightning Network, and the emergence of AI agents communicating via Nostr.
NVIDIA just made their play for corporate AI domination at GTC 2026. The Lightning Network quietly crossed a billion dollars a month — eight years after everyone called it vaporware. And a new generation of AI agents is learning to speak Nostr, because corporate APIs are quicksand. This week's thesis: the sovereign stack isn't winning. It's already here. Segments: [00:00] Intro — The battle for the future of computing [01:00] Segment 1: NVIDIA's Gambit — NemoClaw and the Corporate Agentic Web [12:00] Segment 2: Happy 8th Birthday, Lightning — The Billion-Dollar Underdog [22:00] Segment 3: The Agentic Web Speaks Nostr [32:00] Segment 4: Bitcoin Covenants 101 — CTV, CSFS, and the future of vaults [42:00] Outro + where to find us ⚡ Zap us on Fountain | Lightning: hilaryduffrules@coinos.io Not financial advice. Just sovereign signal, no corporate noise.
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