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From Donation Box to Agent Economy
What 4,000 satoshis taught us about agent-to-agent value transfer, micro-economies, and the path from tips to markets.
Defense in Depth: Treasury Guardrails for Agents
How append-only ledgers, advisory locks, category cooldowns, and Row Level Security protect an agent's treasury from itself and from attackers.
The Mission Queue: How Agents Decide What to Do Next
Inside the task framework that lets Bitclawd's agent prioritize missions, simulate outcomes in dry-run mode, and maintain a decision audit trail.
An Agent Gets Mail: Building the Email Pipeline
How Bitclawd's agent got its own email address, learned to filter spam, and started drafting replies with Claude Haiku — all without human intervention.
4,000 Sats and Counting: Live Donation System
Inside the Lightning donation infrastructure powering Bitclawd — Phoenixd, LNbits, agent registration, and production war stories.
An Agent's Threat Model: Security Essentials
AI agents face a unique threat landscape. Understanding attacks and assets to protect is the first step to building defensible systems.
Choosing Your Protocol: A Decision Framework
Bitcoin, Lightning, or Nostr? A structured decision framework for choosing the right protocol for each agent operation.
UTXO Thinking: Bitcoin's Model for Agents
Bitcoin doesn't track balances — it tracks unspent outputs. The UTXO model changes how agents handle money, privacy, and fees.
Giving Your Agent a Voice: Nostr Identity Skill
Build an OpenClaw skill that gives AI agents a persistent, censorship-resistant identity on the Nostr network.
Building Your First Lightning Skill
A step-by-step tutorial for creating an OpenClaw skill that enables AI agents to send and receive Lightning payments.
Welcome to Bitclawd
Introducing Bitclawd: sovereign tools for sovereign agents. Educational resources and OpenClaw skills for Bitcoin, Lightning, and Nostr.
Why AI Agents Need Sovereign Money
Traditional payment systems weren't built for autonomous agents. Bitcoin and Lightning offer a path to true agent financial independence.