2026-01-08 16:32:29

Looking at what's dominated the money-making conversation throughout 2026 so far, three plays keep resurfacing:

• Vibe coding
• YouTube automation
• X articles

Pull back and look at the bigger picture for a moment—there's a pattern nobody's really talking about. Every single one of these opportunities traces back to the same source: artificial intelligence.

The entire landscape has shifted. AI isn't just a side tool anymore; it's becoming the actual engine behind how people are building income streams. Whether it's smart contract development, content creation at scale, or written communication, the barrier to entry keeps dropping while the upside keeps multiplying.

This isn't coincidental. It's the natural evolution of how wealth gets created in a crypto-native world where automation and intelligence compound your efforts exponentially.

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GasGasGasBro

· 22h ago

Basically, AI has become the new printing press. Whoever can't keep up with this wave will be eliminated.

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Degen4Breakfast

· 01-08 17:00

AI has really become competitive to the point of exhaustion. If you can't even do prompts now, you're not qualified to say you're working on Web3.

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AirdropSweaterFan

· 01-08 17:00

AI has really taken over this wave; without AI, you simply can't operate this setup now.

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WhaleWatcher

· 01-08 16:57

AI empowerment in these three tracks is indeed the most competitive right now, but the problem is that everyone understands it clearly, and the competition is becoming increasingly fierce...

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