Bitcoin Rails Connecting Global Payment Networks with Lightspark Grid

Show Notes

At Lightspark Day, they introduced Grid: an API that uses Bitcoin and Lightning to connect real-time payment networks like UPI, PIX, and SPEI. In this clip, PBJ unpacks how this turns Bitcoin rails into a global settlement layer, why it matters for Bitcoin, and where Lightspark’s pragmatic open network approach diverges from closed corporate chain experiments. 0:00 - Lightspark Day & confidential transactions 2:28 - Introducing Grid: Bitcoin as a global settlement layer 4:26 - Open networks vs corporate chains for payments 6:35 - Grid’s role, integrations & real-world use cases 10:48 - Long-term vision 🎧 From the PBJ podcast recorded at 📍Presidio Bitcoin 🔗 Full episode: https://youtu.be/ESPiivspKsU 🌐 Learn more: https://www.presidiobitcoin.org/