PBJ: Bitcoin Acceptance on Square, Unpacking the Lava Drama, CashApp & Lightning Dollars

Show Notes

0:00 It's good to be back to our regularly scheduled programming for the biggest week in Bitcoin. 3:16 Onboarding the 4 million Square merchants to Bitcoin. 8:01 Why Bitcoin payments could actually take off this time & integrating with BTC Map. 14:51 Why did Silicon Valley get Bitcoin wrong, and is it changing? A few barriers persist. 22:00 How do we sustain this momentum and continue to raise awareness among non-Bitcoiners? Fees are a huge driver of adoption. 32:20 CashApp users with dollar balances can pay Lightning invoices directly in dollars. 46:10 How these types of payments work for cross-border and currency conversions. This is the biggest announcement in Bitcoin. 52:32 Why would CashApp do Stablecoins and Lightning payments? Do they compete? 55:04 Spiral's efforts to arm the Bitcoin army with meaningful tools to drive adoption. Stablecoins don't have that! 1:14:57 Lava and lending on Bitcoin. Why do we still believe it is the biggest opportunity outside of casinos? 1:28:48 Thoughts on why they changed their model from non-custodial to custodial. SHOW NOTES: https://www.bitcoinmerchantcommunity.org/ SUBSCRIBE: @PresidioBitcoin