AI and blockchain are not enemies.
It's a key to opening the future!
Why AI Godfather Sam Altman Bet on Crypto Projects
Exploring the intersection of two giant technologies!

“Blockchain and AI are like the North and South poles.
Rather than pushing each other away, they strongly attract each other.
And that combination creates new energy.
Just as the North and South Poles create the Earth's magnetic field, the central axis of the digital economy is being formed by two major technologies: blockchain and AI.
From 〈PREFACE〉

Since the emergence of ChatGPT, a symbol of the AI ​​revolution, AI has shaken the world by showing its potential to become humanity's intellectual partner.
At the same time, the crypto market, which had been hurt by the FTX bankruptcy and the Terra-Luna incident, has grown again to a scale of trillions of won and has come into our lives.
At the intersection of these two massive trends, AI guru Sam Altman, who leads the crypto project Worldcoin, has thrown out the topic of “human proof.”
The Trump administration, which entered office in 2025, officially demonstrated that AI and crypto are key elements that will determine the rules of the future economy by creating the new position of Crypto Czar.

《CRYPTO.AI》 is a specialized book by authors at the forefront of AI and blockchain technology and business, penetrating the intersection of these two giant technologies.
This book presents the most realistic arguments for why Sam Altman is betting on crypto projects, who will win the AI-fueled copyright war, and how wealth will be distributed when AI agents replace human labor.

If AI is the power of 'write,' then blockchain is the rule of 'ownership.' If AI is the driving force of 'creation,' then blockchain is the philosophy of 'proof.' If AI is a powerful 'intelligence engine,' then blockchain holds the potential to become an 'operating system of trust,' controlling that engine from running wild and ensuring its power is distributed fairly.
From 〈EPILOGUE〉

Many people believe that AI and blockchain are a zero-sum game where one will thrive and the other will be left behind, but this book presents another future.
Through clear logic and concrete, cutting-edge examples, CRYPTO.AI demonstrates that these two technologies are not competing, but rather complement each other's weaknesses, making them the most powerful partners in shaping the next economy.

But more importantly, the blockchain market is not stopping its evolution.
The blockchain industry is working to overcome this dilemma with technological approaches such as Layer 2 solutions and sharding.
If blockchain is a massive infrastructure like the Internet, it can't be achieved overnight.
It took about 30 years for the Internet, a revolutionary technology, to change the economic structure, and AI has also invested decades to create ChatGPT moments.

---From "From the 2nd to the 3rd generation, crypto is constantly evolving"

Ultimately, Trump 2.0's crypto policy is a multifaceted strategy that intertwines technology, finance, and culture.
Stablecoins are an extension of the dollar for the digital age, Bitcoin is a store of value outside of government control, and memecoins are a means of projecting political and cultural influence based on digital communities.
These three axes are expected to play a key role in restructuring America's financial and diplomatic hegemony in the digital age and will continue to profoundly influence global geopolitical trends.
---From "Trump 2.0, Stablecoins and Bitcoin"

Just like the theory of evolutionary pressure, technological advancement has exerted a strong pressure toward dialogue.
AI in the past was often developed for specific purposes.
Each AI, including translation AI, image classification AI, and voice recognition AI, had a clear role, and we were able to design an interface that suited them.
But the advent of LLM completely changed this structure.
As we have seen, the LLM has demonstrated 'generality', the potential to perform almost any imaginable intellectual task with a single model: summarizing, translating, writing, coding, question-answering, and reasoning.
---From "Why are generative AI interfaces conversational?"

Ultimately, we are faced with the task of redefining the meaning of the words "inspiration," "learning," "creation," and "generation" to fit the AI ​​era.
So perhaps it will take longer than expected for this debate to be fully resolved.
To address these complex copyright issues, a completely new approach is being explored in some parts of the tech industry.
And this is where blockchain technology comes into play again.
These are attempts to combine AI technology with blockchain technology to transparently record the origin of creative works, automatically track contributions to the use of learning data, and fairly distribute rewards for them.

---From "Copyright Controversy: Are AI Creations Different from Human Creations?"

As the foundation of trust is shaken, the focus of the question fundamentally changes.
What matters now is not 'Who is this person?' but the question of suspicion: 'Is this being really human?'
The technical response to these doubts is Proof of Personhood (PoP).
PoP proves the essential fact that 'this account belongs to a single living human being' without revealing any legal identity.
Interestingly, the person who is actively implementing this PoP technology is none other than AI's godfather, Sam Altman.

---From "AI Godfather Sam Altman's World Project"

Story Protocol is an attempt to solve the IP protection problem in the AI ​​era through blockchain, using a unique multi-core design.
The basic main core is fully compatible with the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM), seamlessly connecting with the existing smart contract ecosystem, and a separate IP core is built solely for IP management, effectively addressing the specificity and complexity of IP assets.

---From "Story Protocol and the Future of Creation"