Of particular concern, check out these quotes from O'Dell talking about Marcus and Lightspark: Watch this (7:55 - 12:20).
"Spark knows your entire transaction history."
"Technically, if Spark wanted to be malicious they could do some shady shit probably."
"Spark got funded by there notorious shitcoiners A16Z ... $160M."
"For better or worse he [David Marcus] brought a, kind of like a, pragmatic shitcoiner approach to Bitcoin ... and we should probably do more of it"
"There are a lot of arguments [against Spark]: is spark decentralized enough ... is it trust minimized enough?"
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ASPs (Ark Service Providers) and cashu mints can see your entire transaction history.
True, but at least those aren't being shilled as being "native Lightning".
Lightspark’s visibility into transaction history is a tradeoff for UX, but calling Marcus a "pragmatic shitcoiner" oversimplifies his focus on scaling Bitcoin utility. A16Z’s involvement doesn’t inherently delegitimize the tech—similar skepticism surrounded early ETF proposals.


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