Q&A with Lightspark CEO David Marcus on the current crypto winter, Lightning as a Layer 2 protocol, raising ~$175M, Libra, Nostr, Bitcoin, regulations, and more
Crypto has a lot of haters these days. The former Facebook exec is trying to prove them wrong with his Bitcoin startup. Tweets: @rjcc , @rjcc , and @davidmarcus Tweets: Richard Lawler / @rjcc : Don't take my word for it, David Marcus explains how any statement about cryptocurrency micropayments you've heard weren't true, and weren't possible. I find it interesting that people still made those claims! https://www.theverge.com/... https://twitter.com/... Richard Lawler / @rjcc : I think David makes a strong case that every argument claiming pre-Lightning Bitcoin or any other existing cryptocurrency is somehow consumer usable or useful for processing payments was flawed and not realistic at all https://twitter.com/... David Marcus / @davidmarcus : I really enjoyed sitting down with The @Verge's @alexeheath to discuss @Lightspark in detail, lessons learned from Libra/Diem and so much more. https://www.theverge.com/... and on Spotify here: https://open.spotify.com/...