--- image: "/images/notes/slowly-then-suddenly-programmable-dollars.jpg" title: "Slowly, Then Suddenly: Programmable Dollars" date: 2025-02-27 url: "https://x.com/ccatalini/status/1895171155776118851" tags: ['stablecoins-payments'] deck: "One day you're rummaging for paper bills; the next, your wallet is lines of code. Use cases are still niche, but each shows the growing value of open infrastructure." tweetCount: 3 likes: 23 reposts: 5 --- One day you’re rummaging for paper bills; the next, your wallet is lines of code. It’s the classic "slowly, then suddenly" momentum toward digital, programmable dollars—and [@patrickc](https://x.com/patrickc)’s annual letter offers a timely preview of what’s to come: [x.com](https://x.com/patrickc/status/1895097871369937250)) Use cases are still niche, but each one illustrates the growing value of the open infrastructure—and signals how quickly it’s moving from theory to practice. [@venturedan](https://x.com/venturedan): "we have seen numerous, relatively young startups (months since launch) which are scaling at an astronomical pace and already processing very large volume across different layers of the ecosystem."