David Marcus Proposes Lightning Network as Internets Global Settlement Layer

By Lola Coin Jun 27, 202359Views

In Episode 61 of Season 5 of The Scoop, Frank Chaparro from The Block interviews David Marcus, the co-founder and CEO of Lightspark. Marcus, a well-known entrepreneur and executive in the tech industry, discusses his latest venture and how Lightspark is transforming Bitcoin’s Lightning Network into a real-time global settlement layer for the internet. He reveals that Lightspark raised $173 million last year at a valuation of nearly $1 billion. The episode covers various topics, including Marcus’ Bitcoin journey, Lightspark’s adoption, regulatory tailwinds for Bitcoin, merchant payment innovation, Lightspark’s partnerships, lessons learned from Libra, and what’s next for Lightspark. The episode is sponsored by PayPal and CleanSpark, with PayPal offering crypto services and CleanSpark being America’s Bitcoin Miner™.

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