THE Bitcoin Podcast Vibe Coding the Bitcoin Future: Nostr, AI Agents & Clawstr | Derek Ross and Alex Gleason
Mar 3, 2026
Derek Ross, Nostr evangelist who builds community tooling, and Alex Gleason, open-source founder of Soapbox focused on decentralized social and AI apps. They explore Nostr vs federated systems, AI-first in-browser app builders like Shakespeare, agent economies (Quilly, OpenClaw, Clawstr), and real-world projects like Treasures.to and Agora. A deep dive into permissionless, bot-driven social innovation.
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More Apps Don't Automatically Mean More Users
- AI plus low-friction tooling (vibe coding) has massively increased the rate of new Nostr apps, but user growth lags.
- Derek notes dozens of apps per week appear thanks to tools like Shakespeare, yet mainstream users still aren't arriving.
Nostr Geocaching With Treasures.to
- Treasures.to is a Nostr-powered geocaching app where users hide small objects, log finds, and share map-based treasures.
- Alex framed it as play-first social experiences that get people off screens and into real-world interactions.
Shakespeare Removes The Middleman For AI Apps
- Shakespeare runs fully in-browser, connects clients directly to AI providers, and stores files locally to avoid server dependence.
- It's open source and can push code to Nostr git repos for decentralised synchronization.