“The basic idea of making sending money as easy as sending an email is going to be truly transformative. Banking hasn’t done that yet.” - Lightspark CSO Christian Catalini on stage at #Bitcoin2024
Lightspark
Blockchain Services
Open payments for the Internet. Enterprise-grade, fast, secure payments on Lightning.
About us
Lightspark is the easiest, low-cost, most reliable, enterprise-grade way to send and receive payments globally, enabling money to move just like bits and bytes do on the Internet. We're delivering open payments for the Internet at scale, using the Lightning Network. We aim to help businesses around the world benefit from real time payments and build amazing new experiences for themselves and their customers. We're laser-focused on solving real problems for our customers with best-in-class innovative software solutions and designs.
- Website
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http://www.lightspark.com
External link for Lightspark
- Industry
- Blockchain Services
- Company size
- 11-50 employees
- Headquarters
- Los Angeles
- Type
- Privately Held
- Founded
- 2022
Locations
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Primary
Los Angeles, US
Employees at Lightspark
Updates
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Lightspark reposted this
How is Bitcoin and the Lightning network able to unlock value? Our Director of Revenue, Austin Cornell was a guest on “The Future of Money” podcast, hosted by Zebec Network. During the discussion Austin shared how the Lighting network can be used to move any kind of value around the world, anytime and almost instantly, and at a fraction of the cost of traditional payments methods. Listen to Austin’s full podcast episode to discover all things payments over blockchain networks. https://lnkd.in/eyGCDEXa #Bitcoin #Lightning #Fiat #Crypto #Payments Thank you to Elena Solovyov for hosting us.
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In the world of tech and finance, openness breeds innovation ⚡ “The bottom line is, I think open networks always win... you can be a random dude in your garage and build on top of Lightning and run your own node. I think that has immense value.” - David Marcus, Lightspark CEO Watch the rest of his appearance on the Unchained podcast here: https://lnkd.in/g3pTBAbm
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🏆 Out of 690 submissions from 71 countries, we’re thrilled to announce the winners of the Bitcoin Games Lightning Hackathon! ⚡ 🥇El Tor - Nick Tee 🥈Twelve Cash - Stephan Delorme 🥉Super Sat - Natalie A huge thank you to all participants! Stay tuned for more hackathons from Lightspark #Bitcoin2024 #BitcoinGames
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⚡️Christian Catalini on stage with Joey Garcia of Xapo Bank to talk about the future of retail banking. Click here to watch the full video: https://lnkd.in/gxBd5JHu
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Live from Nashville 🤠 Lightspark VP of Finance Mary Kauffman gave insightful advice on how to successfully navigate the ever-evolving world of crypto accounting and finance. #EDAS #Bitcoin2024
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Lightspark reposted this
We're beyond delighted to announce that the much-anticipated #UMA (Universal Money Addresses) is now available on YouHodler - another milestone we just achieved in partnership with Lightspark! Any user can now transfer their funds to and from our platform in seamless, lightning fast fashion very similar to an email. Our primary goal as aWeb3 fintech platform is always to encourage already existing adoption, while possibly creating new, stimulating pathways which connect traditional #finance and #blockchain technology. Any technological sector needs practical advancement if it wants to grow, especially when dealing in the financial sector: to us, Lightspark represents these concepts perfectly, developed by an incredibly experienced team with decades of cumulative, practical experience. We would like to thank all team members who worked tirelessly on this synergy! Anyone can now activate their UMA on our platform with just a few clicks.
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We’re headed to Nashville ✈️ If you’re around, come say hi 👋 and check out one of our sessions #Bitcoin2024
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🚀 Should you use the Bitcoin or Lightning network? The answer isn’t as complicated as people make it out to be. In our latest blog, we cover which to use and when. Read more here ➡️ https://lnkd.in/gfCiEDQm