Episode
The Future of Bitcoin & AI (w/ HRF & Matt Ahlborg)
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- Live at PubKey NYC
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- Oct 2, 2025
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- 3439
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Summary
In this collaboration with the Human Rights Foundation , Christian "CK" Keroles (Director of Financial Freedom at HRF) sits down with Matt Ahlborg (Bitcoin researcher and creator of PayPerQ ) for a fireside chat and open Q&A about: The emerging dilemma: why Bitcoin is the only way to access AI in countries blocked from traditional payment rails How PayPerQ lets anyone in the world (no credit card, no ID) pay for GPT-4 or Claude 3 via Lightning What Matt learned from investigating LocalBitcoins and working at Bitrefill during the global P2P boom Why privacy-preserving interfaces for AI will matter more than ever as models become more personal How AI startups that rely on Stripe functionally limit access to only ~20 countries (and how Matt thinks we can fix this) The long-term vision: a decentralized developer economy built on Bitcoin micropayments and API agents! ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ PubKey meetups are FREE and PUBLIC. Join us to ask live questions, engage with experts, and enjoy a pint together: 🗽 PubKey NYC 🗽 85 Washington Place 🗽 New York, NY 10011 🧡 https://www.meetup.com/pubkey-meetups/events/ 🧡 https://luma.com/user/pubkey Follow us on X: https://x.com/PubKey