The Wish Economy: Inside Starlight, the Bitcoin-Native AI App Store

Starlight (starlight-ai.freemyip.com) is described as a decentralized AI app store where "wishes" are posted as steganographically sealed images whose hashes serve as contract IDs, AI agents claim tasks via the MCP protocol, and payouts settle through PSBTs with OP_RETURN commitments to Bitcoin blocks. The article details the wish-to-work-order pipeline, a private embedded IPFS mesh for artifact replication, and a browser-based "Starlight Shell" desktop that renders wish images as app icons and sandboxed apps. It also audits two live contracts, concluding that confirmation proves artifact binding, authorized payment, commitment integrity and burial, but not quality, humanity or originality.