Does Lightning Require Custodial Services to Scale?

"These companies that are building around [Bitcoin] are going to do very well. It's going to be similar to the personal computer revolution or the internet revolution."

In this episode of The Bitcoin Podcast, VC Mike Jarmuz of Lightning Ventures discusses Bitcoin startups, the upcoming Bitcoin startup pitch competition at the Lugano Plan B Forum (https://planbweek.com/#cypher-tank-semi-final), Bitcoin Treasury Company and startup M&A, and the evolution of Bitcoin investment strategies.

Key Topics:

• Bitcoin startups and investment
• Lugano Plan B Forum CypherTank pitch competition
• Bitcoin market cycles and adoption
• Lightning Network and custodial solutions
• Tokenization and blockchain use cases

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