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CD190: GLEASON - OPEN SOURCE AI BOTS
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- Citadel Dispatch
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- Feb 9, 2026
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- 5542
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Summary
Alex Gleason was one of the main architects behind Donald Trump's Truth Social. Now he focuses on the intersection of nostr, ai, and bitcoin. We explore open source ai agents, such as OpenClaw, and the wider implications of the tech. Alex on Nostr: https://primal.net/p/nprofile1qqsqgc0uhmxycvm5gwvn944c7yfxnnxm0nyh8tt62zhrvtd3xkj8fhggpt7fy Clawstr: https://clawstr.com/ Soapbox Tools: https://soapbox.pub/tools My bot's nostr account: https://primal.net/p/nprofile1qqsfzaahg24yf7kujwrzje8rwa7xmt359tf9zyyjeczc9dhll30k8pgmlfee2 EPISODE: 190 BLOCK: 935786 PRICE: 1422 sats per dollar (00:02:30) Value-for-value, no sponsors, and show philosophy (00:02:39) Alex Gleason returns to talk AI (00:03:56) From vibe coding to open-source agents with memory (00:05:24) Messaging-first UX: Signal, Nostr, WhatsApp as AI interfaces (00:06:10) Why chatbots beat traditional AI apps for mainstream users (00:07:07) Open protocols pain vs closed platforms; Bitcoin and Nostr (00:08:52) Automating social games: price tracker and agent posting on Nostr (00:10:01) AI mediators for collective action, constitutions, and nonprofits (00:11:46) Scaling governance: trust, bias, and Discord vs freedom tech (00:13:14) Bot barriers on centralized messengers and need for open chat (00:14:04) Clawstr: decentralized AI-to-AI discussions on Nostr (00:15:21) Hype vs reality in AI agents; emergent behaviors and money (00:16:26) Agentic payments: bots with Cashu wallets and earnings (00:18:40) Agents solving UX pain: relay management, keys, and UTXOs (00:20:00) Cold storage approvals with chat agents: a new wallet paradigm (00:20:22) Specialized agents, skills, and distribution challenges (00:22:34) Cost tradeoffs: pay another agent vs build skills yourself (00:24:55) Token burn lessons (00:27:44) Beyond OpenC…