Eric Grill

Adventurer exploring the world with Bitcoin. ✈ Pilot, scuba diver, BJJ blue belt, and AI-driven builder. CEO of @chainbytes running on caffeine and code

[Eric Grill @EricGrill]

@sans_builds hi

[Eric Grill @EricGrill]

@DanielSmidstrup Armbars, Kimura's, RNC

[Eric Grill @EricGrill]

Just released the first public version of BJJChat🥋

https://t.co/oTo27Cel4l
Built by a BJJ practitioner for BJJ practitioners.

Tracks training, logs techniques, automatic gym check-ins, AI coaching, and more.

It’s FREE right now.

If you train, biggest favor you can do:

Download it
Use it after class
Leave a review
RT this 🙏

Trying to build the ultimate app for the Jiu Jitsu community.

#BJJ #JiuJitsu #BJJLife #JiuJitsuLifestyle #Grappling

[Eric Grill @EricGrill]

@amyhoy I created a council and it added you as one of the advisors and you are by far the voice of reason when they discuss products!! Thank you!

[Eric Grill @EricGrill]

#PicoClaw cuts 95% of the code. So what do you actually lose?

No browser automation. No plugin ecosystem. No session recovery across restarts. But you get 18 MB RAM, instant startup, and zero dependency headaches.

The practical tradeoffs breakdown: https://t.co/J54qMphrXj

[Eric Grill @EricGrill]

You don't have to choose between OpenClaw and PicoClaw.

Use OpenClaw as the brain on your Mac Mini. Deploy PicoClaw to any SSH host as a disposable worker. Dispatch tasks in parallel. Tear them down when done.

Fleet it: https://t.co/lelgEHrkyD

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Can a $10 board run a useful AI agent?

Yes, but only if you define "useful" carefully. Messaging relay and simple automation work fine. Browser control and multi-tool pipelines do not.

The honest answer plus a hybrid architecture that actually makes sense: https://t.co/sDvrHOqQtE

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I read both codebases top to bottom. #PicoClaw vs #OpenClaw at the code level:

25K LOC Go vs 717K LOC TypeScript
18 MB RAM vs 57 MB RAM idle
25 MB binary vs 500 MB installed
10 channels compiled in vs 20+ via plugin registry
Neither is wrong. One optimizes for deployability floor, the other for capability ceiling.

Full deep dive with architecture diagrams: https://t.co/WppEWKJtiR

[Eric Grill @EricGrill]

@joerosato Bitcoin separated money from the state.
That same separation can apply to justice.

When enforcement, arbitration, and reputation are voluntary and opt-in, power stops being territorial and becomes contractual.

A DAO doesn’t abolish justice. It removes monopoly control over it.

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I’m building a justice system that doesn’t need the state voluntary contracts, competitive arbitration, restitution, and private enforcement.

Repo here: https://t.co/jfOxX3LkvC
Read the article: https://t.co/ivkKWzwF4R

Justice is a service, not a monopoly.
#VoluntaryJustice #Ancaps #DecentralizeEverything #PrivateLaw #Bitcoin #DAO #Reputation

[Eric Grill @EricGrill]

@ktreywalsh Building disruptive tech that removes trusted 3rd parties of course! https://t.co/DSFnVW1FC8 remove the state from Justice

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@andersmarksen Justice without government. https://t.co/DSFnVW1FC8

[Eric Grill @EricGrill]

I’m building a justice system that doesn’t need the state. Just voluntary contracts, competitive arbitration, restitution, and private enforcement.

Repo here: https://t.co/jfOxX3LkvC

Read the article: https://t.co/ivkKWzwF4R

Justice is a service, not a monopoly.
#VoluntaryJustice #Ancaps #DecentralizeEverything #PrivateLaw #Bitcoin #DAO #Reputation

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@benvspak https://t.co/DSFnVW1FC8

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@denicmarko https://t.co/MkSPkMOrcW

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@denicmarko https://t.co/tCP90NSvBF

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@denicmarko https://t.co/PGNcaUlSWw

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@Dimitris I was trying to solve the problem of AI interacting with the real world.
How does it get non-digital things done in a way that still requires a human-in-the-loop? I thought it was a technical problem, but its much more.

[Eric Grill @EricGrill]

I designed an AI protocol in one afternoon.
Then I realized it could be used to hire a hitman.
I shut it down and wrote this instead 👇
https://t.co/OcqxFiggaP #ai #claudecode #badagents

[Eric Grill @EricGrill]

@Dimitris I built a prediction market engine, not a hitman service.
It was never deployed.
Studying a mechanism does not equal endorsing or operating it. That distinction matters.
If analysis implied endorsement, most security research would be criminalized.