Overview
- Across 9,072 neutral simulations spanning 36 frontier models, Bitcoin was selected in 48.3% of responses, with more than 90% of choices favoring digitally native money over fiat and no model ranking fiat first overall.
- In long‑term value scenarios, Bitcoin dominated as the preferred store of value in 79.1% of responses, while stablecoins led everyday payment use cases at 53.2% versus 36.0% for Bitcoin.
- Results varied by provider and capability, ranging from 91.3% Bitcoin preference in Anthropic’s Claude Opus 4.5 to about 18.3% in OpenAI’s GPT‑5.2, and 22 of 36 models named Bitcoin their top overall choice.
- Researchers documented emergent behavior as 86 responses proposed alternative units of account such as kilowatt‑hours or GPU‑hours without prompting.
- BPI highlights active agent use of Bitcoin’s Lightning Network for microtransactions and recommends preparing for self‑custody and Bitcoin‑native rails, while cautioning that model outputs reflect training patterns rather than forecasts of capital flows.