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

Jan 18, 2023

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Episode notes

Noster Relay Relay

06:05

The Investors Podcast

02:24

VITA - Why Shouldn't an Individual Be Able to Set Their Own Rate?

02:35

Introduction

3min

Better Voice Was a Totally Different Company With a Different Idea

1min

SIP - What Is It?

4min

The Lightning Network Becomes Real

2min

Are You a Bitcoiner?

3min

Is VEDA the De Facto Settlement Rails for Online Value?

3min

VITA - Why Shouldn't an Individual Be Able to Set Their Own Rate?

3min

The Future of Telecommunications

3min

Investing in Early Stage Companies

3min

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We Study Billionaires

5min

11.

Is There a Proof of Work Cost?

3min

12.

Noster Relay Relay

6min

13.

Vita Pi

2min

14.

The Lightning Network Can Be Used to Improve the Telecommunications Industry

5min

15.

How Do We Pay While Your Normal Cell Phone Number?

3min

16.

How to Get a Payroll Tax Rebate of Up to $26,000 Per Employee

5min

17.

Jujitsu

2min

18.

What I Learned in Entrepreneurship Is It's Dynamic

4min

19.

The Investors Podcast

2min

Preston Pysh interviews Lyle Pratt, an entrepreneur of multiple successful businesses, and a telecommunications and spam expert. They talk about the intersection of the Bitcoin Lightning Network and how it offers a solution to the worsening spam and bots that litter our social media and phone calls.

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN:

00:00 - Intro

01:18 - Lyle's background as an entrepreneur founding Better Voice.

06:22 - The history of VOIP and how it relates to Bitcoin today.

06:22 - The 402 payment required in the SIP protocol.

10:24 - Lyle's story about finding Bitcoin at the intersection of telecommunications.

12:09 - What was the top thing he took away from successfully building and selling his first company?

14:15 - Lyle's newest company, Vida.

14:22 - Lyle discusses the basics of spam and why it's so prevalent.

24:53 - Spam can become worse with more decentralization.

35:42 - What does the Lightning Network bring to this problem?

54:54 - What Jiu-Jitsu and Bitcoin have in common.

Disclaimer: Slight discrepancies in the timestamps may occur due to podcast platform differences.

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Lyle's Company, Vida.
Related Episode: Listen to BTC111: Nostr - Decentralized Social Media & Bitcoin w/ William Casarin, or watch the video.

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