Aster
A personal AI operating system for crypto: it remembers your whole crypto life, watches, researches and drafts for you, and always stops for your approval before money moves. A clickable feasibility study.
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Featured works
x402score
A Dianping for AI + web3: an AI agent pays two cents to check whether a seller's transactions are real. Live.
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x402image
The AI + web3 version of Meitu Xiuxiu: an AI agent sends an image URL, pays a few cents, and gets back a background-removed / upscaled / resized image. Live in production.
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Latest writing
AI Video Reaches 30-Second Single Take: The Tech Passed, the Law Didn't
AI video has just crossed the 30-second continuous-shot threshold, yet the cease-and-desist letters from Hollywood's Big Six remain. Now that image quality is no longer the issue, the three questions you should really ask before choosing a tool are ones no demo video can answer.
You Installed 7 AI Tools and Work Got Slower
One report says the average designer’s AI tools went from 3 to 7 in a year, yet half are still looking for a main tool that feels right. The magic of these tools lives in those ten seconds of generation; what actually eats your time is the seams between tools.
AI Has Turned Video Production Into a Matter of Pennies — Where Did the Expensive Work Go?
Last week xAI pushed the price of AI video generation to the floor (officially about 86% lower than Sora 2 Pro, with voiceover built in). When making a video costs pennies, being able to make one is no longer an advantage — the expensive work has quietly shifted elsewhere.