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TFTC: A Bitcoin Podcast

#745: The AI Approval Layer Is Fake with Zach Herbert

TFTC: A Bitcoin Podcast

Marty Bent

Technology

4.8804 Ratings

🗓️ 13 May 2026

⏱️ 89 minutes

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Summary

Marty sits down with Zach Herbert to discuss how Foundation Devices is building a microkernel operating system to bring Bitcoin-grade security principles to the AI era, why current AI permission layers are fake, and the urgent need to reinvent personal computing before autonomous agents overrun legacy operating systems.

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0:00.0

You've had a dynamic where money has become freer than free.

0:10.0

If you talk about a Fed just gone nuts, all the central banks going nuts.

0:16.0

So it's all acting like safe haven.

0:18.0

I believe that in a world where central bankers are tripping over themselves to devalue their currency,

0:24.4

Bitcoin wins.

0:25.3

In the world of fiat currencies, Bitcoin is the victor.

0:29.2

I mean, that's part of the bold case for Bitcoin.

0:31.9

If you're not paying attention, you probably should be.

0:36.2

Back Herbert, can't believe it's been six years, sir.

0:39.5

Yeah, the world is very different from when I last came on.

0:44.6

Yeah, I mean, we were just talking about it too.

0:46.3

I think maybe we start there as a, because of something I'm fascinated about,

0:51.5

and something we're just talking about it.

0:52.8

You've noticed that we're leaning into it. You said that you're leading to it personally.

0:56.0

And on the business side, that foundation, I think the AI wave that has hit over the last two years is really, I mean, just from observation and experience, it has founders thinking differently about building businesses,

1:14.6

particularly within Bitcoin. And I'm just curious for somebody working on a hardware

1:21.1

and security product, what is the best approach for you guys or how have you approached

1:26.8

it?

1:29.1

Because there's many considerations.

1:35.1

I feel like that your team would have to take in compared to ours, which is just media,

1:37.4

where we're not really securing data.

1:40.4

And so we can be a bit more liberal. But I feel like for you guys, it can certainly help.

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