I, for one, welcome the fact that massive dynamic podcast mics are now mainstream in TV interviews
It's not inconceivable to imagine a future where chain analysis companies currently working with law enforcement to find legitimate crypto criminals — ransomware attackers, hackers, thieves, etc. — will score *more lucrative* contracts from tax authorities, various government agencies, employers, and banks to track and detect all on-chain activity that could be "problematic" to institutions you deal with in your personal life.
Your financial life will be more public than ever.
Bitcoin privacy is now an inherent *requirement* rather than just a good practice.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/bitcoin-blockchain-hacking-arrests-93a4cb29
If Macron's "Anyone But the Yanks" Pivot is to see any success, European nations will need to aggressively increase their defense spending and wean down their social contributions while trying to encourage business (with anything but subsidies).
This would upend the de-facto US protection that Uncle Sam's Euro bases have offered, and mean that every European country would need drastic social reforms...
And unless you want Yellow Vests in every European capital, that ain't happening
Let’s say you care about a sovereign, global Bitcoin protocol and its benefits.
Do you align yourself more with the interests of publicly-traded Bitcoin mining firms in Texas using special state programs or with the interests of Bitcoin on-ramps to get more Bitcoin in the hands (and wallets) of the people?
Purely hypothetical
What’s the TL;DR on lightspark and how it’ll make lightning more awesome for me, an individual user? Or is this just for companies with large bags?
Shoulda said the first two who zapped you!
I believe it was even the old CoinMarketCap app? No idea
Used lightning to send over 1.5 million sats and it went though from my node — quite a surprise! Only two hops, but just over 1,000 sats in fees, which is pretty substantial.
Lightning routers must be making a killing right now
Those were the days my friend 
Everybody’s winging it all of the time
But the entire process is borked. It’s a well known bug that you can’t upload all the screenshot images for an app at once or you crash their server…so it takes sometimes two days to upload 8 PNGs
I found it easier to just use an empty LLC — crazy there are this many steps. Plus only fiat payments
geographic decentralization of the hashrate is a good thing
The amount of Bitcoin public policy misinformation spread on BTC Twitter by influencers for the sake of engagement is not only exhausting, but it will lead to more bad policy decisions
Satoshi's innovation is quietly powering a new Value-For-Value creative economy
https://www.fixthemoney.net/p/satoshis-innovation-is-quietly-powering