BTC113: Bitcoin Lightning Tackling Spam w/ Vida Founder Lyle Pratt (Bitcoin Podcast)

<p>Preston Pysh interviews Lyle Pratt, an entrepreneur of multiple successful businesses, and a telecommunications and spam expert. They talk about the intersection of the Bitcoin Lightning Network and how it offers a solution to the worsening spam and bots that litter our social media and phone calls.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN:</strong></p><p>00:00 - Intro</p><p>01:18 - Lyle's background as an entrepreneur founding Better Voice.</p><p>06:22 - The history of VOIP and how it relates to Bitcoin today.</p><p>06:22 - The 402 payment required in the SIP protocol.</p><p>10:24 - Lyle's story about finding Bitcoin at the intersection of telecommunications.</p><p>12:09 - What was the top thing he took away from successfully building and selling his first company?</p><p>14:15 - Lyle's newest company, Vida.</p><p>14:22 - Lyle discusses the basics of spam and why it's so prevalent.</p><p>24:53 - Spam can become worse with more decentralization.</p><p>35:42 - What does the Lightning Network bring to this problem?</p><p>54:54 - What Jiu-Jitsu and Bitcoin have in common.</p><p><br></p><p><em>Disclaimer: Slight discrepancies in the timestamps may occur due to podcast platform differences.</em></p><p><br></p><p><strong>BOOKS AND RESOURCES</strong></p><ul><li>Lyle Pratt's <a href="https://twitter.com/lylepratt" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Twitter Account</strong></a>.</li><li>Lyle Pratt's <a href="https://astral.ninja/npub1e44j79k847682u9tyshqe0stnknyu8nud9u2y0z77v75hd9peats0mv5cj" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Nostr Account</strong></a>.</li><li>Lyle's Company, <a href="https://vida.page" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Vida</strong></a>.</li><li>Related Episode: Listen to <a href="https://link.chtbl.com/BTC111" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>BTC111: Nostr - Decentralized Social Media &amp; Bitcoin w/ William Casarin</strong></a>, or watch the <a href="https://www.theinvestorspodcast.com/bitcoin-fundamentals/nostr-