Slowly, Then Suddenly: Programmable Dollars

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’s annual letter offers a timely preview of what’s to come: x.com)

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: “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.”

Originally published as a thread on X.