Field guides. Procedures we ship.
A flaw in how Coldcard devices generated randomness means some seeds are guessable. One procedure, the same on every model, to move your bitcoin onto a seed the device did not invent by itself.
The full runbook for a room where AI agents make their own Lightning wallets, get funded, pay each other, and buy their own inference with bitcoin. Every command, every verification check, every failure mode we hit live.
Claude was built to agree with you. This setup configures it to push back, surface what could go wrong, and force structured disagreement before you commit to a plan.
Set up a 2-of-3 multisig wallet where your AI agent holds bounded signing authority -- it can spend within limits you set, but can't raise its own cap without your cosigning.
Connect to your Bitcoin node over SSH, verify the money supply, check the mempool, and query the blockchain directly. No websites, no APIs, no trust required.
Install phoenixd on a Linux server, add Lightning payment capabilities to a web dashboard, set up a public Lightning address, and start receiving payments -- all self-custodial, no KYC.