AI Is Changing How We Work with Crypto Data

In today's episode, we're joined by Kofi (@0xKofi) to discuss how AI agents are fundamentally changing crypto data analysis, research, and engineering workflows. We discuss: - The evolution from manual coding to AI-assisted development - How MCPs unlock onchain data exploration - Using Herd MCP to analyze smart contracts - AI agents for protocol research and data engineering - Context windows, planning, and agent workflows - Cursor vs OpenCode vs Claude Code - Managing multiple agents simultaneously - Model selection, costs, and productivity tradeoffs - Building internal AI knowledge bases - Agent orchestration and autonomous workflows - Training agents to replicate human expertise - The future of AI-powered crypto analytics And much more—enjoy! — Timestamps: (00:00) Introduction (01:24) AI replaces frontends (03:24) Herd MCP demo (05:40) Exploring contracts with AI (08:06) Exploration, planning, execution (11:38) Investigating onchain activity (17:10) Managing agent workflows (20:20) Multi-agent productivity (23:01) Model selection tradeoffs (29:11) Trusting AI outputs (31:28) Missing links today (34:37) Agent orchestration future (38:02) Training agents from work (38:20) Outro — Content links: https://x.com/0xKofi/status/2059375006367490340?s=20 https://x.com/addyosmani/status/2059844244907696186?s=20 — Follow the guest: https://x.com/0xKofi Follow the co-hosts: https://x.com/hildobby https://x.com/0xBoxer https://x.com/sui414 Follow the Indexed Podcast: https://x.com/indexed\_pod — The Indexed Podcast discusses hot topics, trendy metrics and chart crimes in the crypto industry, with a new episode every 1st and 3rd Thursday of the month, brought to you by wizards @hildobby @0xBoxer @sui414. Subscribe/follow the show and leave a comment to help us grow the show! — DISCLAIMER: All information presented here should not be relied upon as legal, financial, investment, tax or even life advice. The views expressed in the podcast are not representative of hosts' employers views. We are acting independently of our respective professional roles.