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Bitcoin Will Lead The World Out Of The “Fax Era Of Payments,” Ex-Facebook Executive Says

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Former Head of Payments David Marcus stated that Bitcoin is set to become the most critical network to take payments to a new era. Marcus believes the global payment infrastructure is absolute and will benefit from integrating with the cryptocurrency.

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Bitcoin Lightning, A Solution For Today’s Payment Problems?

In an interview with CNBC’s Squawk Box, the former Facebook and PayPal executive spoke about his new project, Lightspak. This company was created to provide payments settled on Bitcoin’s second-layer solution, the Lightning Network.

This payment solution improves the Bitcoin network scalability by allowing users to send money “off-chain.” In that sense, Marcus and his company want to turn the cryptocurrency into a “ real global payment network.”

The objective is to financially connect all individuals regardless of nationality, access to legacy payment rails, and other factors. The former Facebook executives claim that this is the last border to allow people to connect just as they do with email, text, and other forms of communication supported by the internet.

Marcus stated the following about what the company attends to solve and why they are building on top of the Bitcoin network:

If you were to stop one of them (a tourist visiting the US), wanting to communicate with them you could ask them for their email address, and you can email them easily the next minute. You can text them, you can them to a group video chat, but if you were to send them money (…) then you wouldn’t be able to do that. So, we are still in the fax era of payments and that’s what we are attending to solve.

Marcus believes that the world lacks a universal protocol for money and that Bitcoin and the Lightning Network are the solution. The current payme

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Author: Reynaldo Marquez

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