Austin Griffith, head of developer growth at the Ethereum Foundation, says he used to direct newbie blockchain developers to a series of training guides and exercises.
Now, he says, they can just install a file called “ETHSkills” that tells their AI agents how to do the work.
The comments speak to the AI-fueled revolution in software development over the past year, which has dramatically increased the power of experienced programmers while lowering the barriers to entry for beginners.
This paradigm shift in the workflow has now spread to the Ethereum blockchain, where non-technical founders could theoretically use AI coding agents to prototype Web3 apps.
Griffith himself has spun up two AI agents he affectionately refers to as “Right Claw” and “Left Claw,” styled after the viral, lobster-themed open-source AI agent software OpenClaw.
He communicates with the AI agents - installed on old laptops - via Telegram, instructing them on what to build and how to shore up funds held in the bots’ own crypto wallets.
“This is how we’re building these days,” Griffith said. “It’s me and a pair of lobsters I’m talking to in a Telegram channel.”