Will AI Make Cryptocurrencies 'Inevitable'? MIT Economic Paper Sparks Debate

'Verification Costs' Become a New Economic Bottleneck

A February 2026 economic paper by Christian Catalini and others from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), titled 'Some Simple Economics of AGI', is garnering attention in the AI and cryptocurrency sectors.

The crux of the paper revolves around the concept of 'verification costs'. While AI may drive the operational costs towards zero, the cost for humans to verify these outputs is capped by biological limitations...