BTC141: Can Bitcoin Lightning Scale Globally w/ Alexander Leishman (Bitcoin Podcast)

<p>Preston Pysh and Alexander Leishman talk about whether the Lightning Network has the scaling capacity to take on global transactions without centralizing forces compromising the Bitcoin mission.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN:</strong></p><p>00:00 - Intro</p><p>01:19 - A Bitcoin ETF and what it means.</p><p>04:15 - Is the competition from other domains causing the SEC to approve an ETF?</p><p>05:23 - Is there concern with Bitcoins from ETFs being used to create yield inside the ETFs?</p><p>09:55 - Explain the Lightning API at River.</p><p>13:44 - Is Bitcoin scalable with just Lightning?</p><p>13:44 - Is the Bitcoin layer 2 Ark Proposal a viable solution for Layer 2?</p><p>27:19 - Is AI something that needs Bitcoin layer 2 to scale?</p><p>35:46 - Why did you found River - what was the value proposition?</p><p>41:47 - What was life like at River with all the "crypto crackdown" happening?</p><p>43:42 - What are the incentives for people to own their own rig and mine bitcoin versus just owning it?</p><p>49:40 - Rapid fire: get to know Alex.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>BOOKS AND RESOURCES</strong></p><ul><li>Alex's Company,<strong> </strong><a href="https://river.com/fundamentals" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>River Finanical</strong></a>.</li><li>Alex's&nbsp;<a href="https://twitter.com/Leishman" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Twitter</strong></a>.</li><li>Alex's&nbsp;<a href="https://primal.net/p/npub139nl9yxvwayl60fr97m3zrq9md6x5v0uup344mkyuyg6mzlusyxs4zkwf4" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Nostr</strong></a>.</li></ul><p>&nbsp;</p><p><strong>NEW TO THE SHOW?</strong></p><ul><li>Check out our&nbsp;<a href="https://www.theinvestorspodcast.com/we-study-billionaires-starter-packs/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>We Study Billionaires Starter Packs</strong></a>.</li><li>Browse through all our episodes (complete with transcripts)<strong>&nbsp;</strong><a href="https://www.theinvestorspodcast.com/we-study-billiona