What I'm focused on now

Themes

Agent-era infrastructure: Every layer of the internet was built for human users. Payments, identity, discovery, compute—they all assume a person at the keyboard. When software agents act on their own, those layers break. I’m mapping the five that have to be rebuilt: rails, protocols, discovery, identity, and payments. The agent-era infrastructure map tracks what’s emerging.

Agent payments: How do agents pay for things when the transaction costs more than the service? The current payment stack can’t handle sub-cent transactions across dozens of services per session. I wrote about the split between Visa/Mastercard and permissionless protocols like Lightning and Cashu in agent payments have a three-body problem.

Writing & Building

Essays and notes here. Agent-era infrastructure writing is also on Sideband.

• StackCut—Paste a QuickBooks export, get a CEO-ready AI savings report in minutes. Recognizes 120+ SaaS vendors and models cost savings across replacement scenarios. Invite-only right now (code: launch2026).

• Flora—Record your screen, share anywhere. Stored on Blossom, published to Nostr. A browser extension for freedom tech screen sharing.

• Sideband Lab—Interactive visualizations behind the writing. Includes the agent-era infrastructure map and the three-body problem visualization.

Advisory

Right now I’m working with founders across AI infrastructure, Bitcoin custody and payments, and decentralized identity. More on how I structure engagements.

Trust Revolution Podcast

Season 3 is live. Seven episodes on digital autonomy, surveillance, data sovereignty, and Bitcoin’s unfinished fight. Guests include John Robb, Aaron van Wirdum, and Jesse Posner.