Agent Economy, Standards and Payments (x402)

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Vitalik Buterin just dropped a bombshell: the L2 vision no longer makes sense. Meanwhile, AI coding agents are going parabolic.

In this monster episode of Uneasy Money, Ethereum Foundation Head of Developer Growth Austin Griffith and Optimism co-founder Karl Floersch join hosts Kain Warwick and Taylor Monahan to unpack the reasoning behind Vitalik's remarks and debate whether Ethereum needs L2s to pull institutions.

They also take a deep dive into the OpenClaw and Moltbook craze and Austin shares how he has different agents running on different machines, including one that texts his wife good morning everyday. Is “AI the new UI?”

Hosts:

• Kain Warwick, Founder of Infinex and Synthetix

• Taylor Monahan, Security Expert, Metamask

Guests:

• Austin Griffith, AI Lead at Ethereum Foundation

• Karl Floersh, CTO of OP Labs

Links:

• Vitalik Rethinks Ethereum’s L2 Playbook, Calls for Shift Toward Native Rollups
• How the x402 Standard Is Enabling AI Agents to Pay Each Other

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