Lightspark’s official website simply states that it is a new company that aims to explore, resume and expand the functionality and usefulness of Bitcoin, and will delve into the Lightning Network. Lightning Network is a payment protocol layer on cryptocurrency, and its task is to realize fast transactions between nodes. It is regarded as one of the solutions to Bitcoin’s scalability problem.
Lightspark is currently recruiting platform architects and inviting developers who understand Lightning Network to join in to help Lightspark build a rich service application layer and promote the popularity of Lightning Network.
Marcus not only served as the president of PayPal, but also joined Facebook in 2014 and was in charge of the Libra blockchain project. He was also in charge of all payment services under Facebook, but left the company, which was renamed Meta at the time, in December 2021.
