How AI Agents Could Drain Your Crypto Wallet with Brendan Eich from Brave

How AI Agents Could Drain Your Crypto Wallet with Brendan Eich from Brave

Author: Where digital assets meet capital markets. Hosted by Robbie & Andy February 27, 2026 Duration: 27:57

We sit down with Brendan Eich, the creator of JavaScript and CEO of Brave, to cover indirect prompt injection threats, why senior devs still can't trust AI-generated code, and how Brave is building agent security from scratch.


We cover:

- How Indirect Prompt Injection Actually Works

- Why ChatGPT Silently Downgrades Your Security

- Can Senior Devs Trust AI-Generated Code?

- Brave's Agent Mode Defense System

-The Future of Crypto Micropayments via Solana & NEAR

- Why the AI Bubble Will Slowly Burst

- Should Young People Still Study CS?


Timestamps:

00:00 Intro

00:26 Brave's AI Integration & Leo

01:00 Browser Knowledge Agents

03:37 Indirect Prompt Injection Explained

05:20 Brave's Agent Mode Security Layers

07:13 AI-Generated Code: Can You Trust It?

08:05 Using Claude, Cursor & Open Code at Brave

11:09 Inventing JavaScript in 10 Days

11:14 Hibachi, infiniFi Ads

12:57 TypeScript's AI Feedback Loop

13:06 Lean Engineering & Minimum Viable Product

15:40 Should Young People Study CS?

17:17 Vibe Coding & AI Slop

17:32 Relay Ad

18:05 Brave's Privacy-First AI Approach

20:15 Crypto Agent Commerce & Security

22:52 AI Hype, S-Curves & the Bubble

23:04 Micropayments & the Death of SaaS

24:31 Solana Settlement & NEAR Partnership

26:25 Blockchain Privacy vs. Coinbase Panopticon


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