Unchained Uneasy Money: How the Increasingly Better AI Agents Are Being Used Onchain
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Feb 7, 2026 Karl Floersch, Optimism co-founder and CTO working on scaling Ethereum; Austin Griffith, Ethereum Foundation AI lead and dev-tooling builder. They debate Vitalik's L2 rethink and where rollups fit. They dive into the AI agent boom, agent architectures, on-chain bot cultures like OpenClaw and Moltbook, and how agents are automating deployments, QA, and even daily life.
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Enterprise Choices: L1 Or L2 On Ethereum
- Enterprises will choose between competitive L1s and interoperable L2s; Ethereum wants them in its ecosystem.
- Enterprise customization can live on L2 while leveraging Ethereum for security and DA.
Prefer Education Over Direct Sales
- Educate and onboard builders instead of hard-selling; unlocking people drives more value than targeted enterprise sales.
- Build tools and docs that let developers experiment quickly and create unexpected value.
Make Networks Invisible To Users
- Users hate choosing networks; abstractions must hide chains and unify liquidity for better UX.
- Interoperability and seamless UX will be decisive for mass crypto adoption.