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BTC113: Bitcoin Lightning Tackling Spam w/ Vida Founder Lyle Pratt

Preston interviews Lyle Pratt about the ways he’s using the Bitcoin Lightning Network to remove spam from social interactions and how it can scale across existing and future decentralized social media platforms.

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN:
00:00:55 – Lyle’s background as an entrepreneur founding Better Voice.
00:05:19 – The history of VOIP and how it relates to Bitcoin today.
00:06:37 – The 402 payment required in the SIP protocol.
00:09:51 – Lyle’s story about finding Bitcoin at the intersection of telecommunications.
00:11:19 – What was the top thing he took away from successfully building and selling his first company?
00:13:27 – Lyle’s newest company, Vida.
00:15:12 – Lyle discusses the basics of spam and why it’s so prevalent.
00:19:21 – Spam can become worse with more decentralization.
00:30:45 – What does the Lightning Network bring to this problem?
00:45:18 – What Jiu-Jitsu and Bitcoin have in common.

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