Highlights:

• Despite the broad crypto market drawdown in 2022, the Bitcoin sector saw a 52.9% increase in deal activity year-over-year
• 133% increase in seed funding for Bitcoin-native startups
• 70% YoY increase in total companies funded
• Only 1.3% of total crypto venture dollars went into early stage Bitcoin startups despite 42%+ market cap dominance

Love this but you have to wait 30 days to withdraw into bitcoin... sad

What do you think are some of the lowest hanging fruits for the integration of lightning into games?

How much does the tailwind of bitcoin's growing adoption play in to the growth plans of the founders you talk to?

What are some of the most underrated L2 applications?

Michael Saylor interview on Tucker Carlson:
https://youtu.be/wdJFeSY8UVk

Agreed. Lightning.store has some great merch that is subtle enough to wear

These are great! Thanks

Wasn't it originally $200? And maybe $600 before that? Disappointing to see

Can somebody explain how Holepunch is different from the Impervious browser?

As a recent graduate from a public university with a bachelor's degree in Economics, I could not relate to this story more. My first three months going down the bitcoin rabbit hole taught me more about economics than all of my university classes combined. Luckily I was in a position where I was ready to rethink all of the nonsensical models and abstract Keynesian ideas I was taught in my classes.

Lots of my classmates share that sentiment with your students - bachelors degrees in Economics are largely useless in today's world. The main silver lining I found is that it educates students on the models and viewpoints they will have to stand up against during this shift to a hard money system.

Agreed 100%! I think we will see lots of entrepreneurs and developers drawn to lightning over the next year. Lots of great innovative startups (like stacker.news) popping up. Nice work - looking forward to part 2!

Congrats! How did you arrive at that valuation? Was there any pushback from investors on it?

@satsqueezer

Another example of people losing faith in the dollar...