Recently, I saw an interesting change.

Bitcoin and AI seem to be heading in two different directions.
Over the past few years, Bitcoin has become quite obvious—going from a mineable asset anyone could participate in, to a game of competing for capital and electricity in large mining farms, making it almost impossible for ordinary people to get involved. But mining farms are moving to places with cheaper electricity, like Ethiopia and Paraguay, which actually disperses computing power more globally.
On the AI side, it’s somewhat the opposite. Currently, big tech companies and data centers still dominate, but models are getting smaller and open-sourcing is catching up. Many capabilities are starting to move to local devices. Running certain things locally can be faster, more private, and more practical.
To put it simply:
One is making production more centralized but trying to spread out the risk;
The other is gradually putting capabilities into the hands of individuals.
It’s an interesting contrast, and we’ll see how it develops in the future.