David Marcus
@davidmarcus
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CEO & co-founder @Lightspark ➡️ building the open Money Grid on Bitcoin + @spark. Ran Payments/Crypto & @Messenger at @Meta, led @PayPal + 3 startups.
California, USA
Joined March 2007
This is so great. Reminder that any @spark enabled wallet is compatible out of the box! The power of an open network in full display.
This feature will start to roll out tomorrow, allowing you to pay from @CashApp over bitcoin rails using your USD balance - no bitcoin required. This dramatically opens up the aperture of who can pay with bitcoin to our entire monthly user base of 58m - normies included.
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Can't recommend reading 1929 by @andrewrsorkin enough. No one told the story of one of the most consequential crash in history from the angle of the main protagonists before. Fascinating read.
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🎁 Give the gift of monitoring the meat from the couch! It connects right to their phone, so they can mingle and relax.
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I thoroughly enjoyed this conversation with @BitcoinArchive while in Lugano. We talked about why Bitcoin is the only neutral network fit to become the Internet of Money, stablecoins, @spark, Grid, global money movement and so much more.
‼️NEW: ex-PayPal President @DavidMarcus tells me: - How Bitcoin will dominate global transactions - Why the U.S. govt shutdown Facebook's crypto plans - Building Bitcoin's 'app store' 💥WATCH: https://t.co/ysJnNKTiuN
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Wait. How am I already getting Black Friday ads? Where did this year go?!!
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New Yorkers, please accept my sincere condolences. May your city memory be a blessing.
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I wish there was a way to share the energy at @lightspark HQ today. Everyone’s so locked in. Mission Control vibes.
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The fact that some US states don’t require showing an ID to vote is totally insane. I can’t think of any other major democracy where this is true.
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The longer this government shutdown lasts for, the more people will realize A MUCH smaller Federal government is what we need. Ironic.
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Few new seats just opened on the @lightspark 🚀...
Lightspark is currently hiring across: ⚙️ Engineering & Security 💰 Finance ⚖️ Legal & Compliance 📊 Strategy & Analytics Join the team shaping the future of global payments. Only a few seats left 🚀
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Breez continues to deliver more @spark goodness.
Breez MCP Server ⚡️ You can now plug the Breez SDK - Nodeless into AI tools, built with our latest @spark implementation. AI agents can interact with Lightning: create invoices, send sats, fetch wallet data, and more. @aaaljaz 🫡 🧵👇 https://t.co/G6OGuErIxm
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You know you’re onto something good when builders get on planes to come help with a big launch. I absolutely love our @spark extended fam ❤️!
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In case you’re wondering what the lag is between the beneficiary selection and the next screen, and the step before the final fee schedule is shown, it’s all the off-band communication between the sending and receiving bank for FX and compliance powered by @umastandard
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My new favorite “impress your friend” thing to do on weekends is showing off @SoFi’s new, realtime, ultra-cheap international payment experience. I show 🇺🇸 to 🇲🇽, on a weekend (other banks can’t do it), and the $ magically gets to MX in 2 seconds. Built on invisible Bitcoin.
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I voted for this kind of whiplash.
17 years after the white paper, the Bitcoin network is still operational and more resilient than ever. Bitcoin never shuts down. @SenateDems could learn something from that.
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This level of leadership gap is criminal. Period.
New reporting from the @latimes reveals the Palisades fire was preventable. Firefighters wanted to stay and contain it, but were ordered to leave. The result: devastation across the community. It’s time for an independent investigation and real accountability. Read the
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