
What if the next billion users of Bitcoin aren't human? In this episode, Beau Turner sits down with Shone Anstey, CEO of Liquid Technologies (LQWD) and a veteran builder from the earliest days of the internet, for a wide-ranging conversation about Bitcoin, the Lightning Network, and what happens when artificial intelligence needs money. This isn't just a conversation about Lightning payments. It's a deep dive into why Bitcoin is the eighth layer of the internet, how AI agents are already driving a spike in Lightning transactions, and why the machines are getting orange-pilled before the people. Shone brings a rare perspective: he was in the trenches during the internet's first wave in the mid-90s, and he sees Bitcoin's trajectory following the exact same arc. From building Canada's third fully licensed crypto exchange, to launching LQWD as a public Lightning Network infrastructure company, to now building AI wallets and autonomous agent networks, Shone has lived every phase of t...