The Mark Moss Show The Network Built on Bitcoin Could Reshape the World | Dhruv Bansal
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Feb 6, 2026 Dhruv Bansal, co-founder of Unchained Capital and Bitcoin multisig and custody thinker. He reframes Bitcoin as a programmable substrate for markets, communication, and time. Lightning as more than payments, enabling routing and uncensorable exchanges. How AI agents, incentives, and layered custody could build new decentralized services and digital life on Bitcoin.
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Lightning As A Proto-Internet
- Lightning can be more than micropayments; it can shape communications and packet markets.
- Markets will form because people want to earn Bitcoin for providing those services.
Adjacent Possible Drives New Bitcoin Uses
- New building blocks expand the 'adjacent possible' and create unanticipated applications.
- Bitcoin's initial killer app may shift as new technological economies emerge.
Use Collaborative Multisig Custody
- Use multi-party multisig to split custody responsibilities and reduce single-point risk.
- Align participants' incentives so multiple parties share the goal of keeping Bitcoin safe.