{"id":16197,"date":"2021-06-05T17:56:52","date_gmt":"2021-06-05T17:56:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ci0284e751d00024a8"},"modified":"2025-10-02T10:06:47","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T15:06:47","slug":"elizabeth-stark-lyn-alden-on-bitcoin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/culture\/elizabeth-stark-lyn-alden-on-bitcoin","title":{"rendered":"Lightning Labs\u2019 Elizabeth Stark And Researcher Lyn Alden Say Bitcoin Can Help Billions Of People"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"bsf_rt_marker\"><\/div><div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"sNV4Ivem3nc\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Bitcoin 2021: Bitcoin For Billions, Not Billionaires\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sNV4Ivem3nc?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=sNV4Ivem3nc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Watch this conference session on YouTube.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Lightning Labs CEO Elizabeth Stark and macro economics researcher Lyn Alden, founder of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lynalden.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lyn Alden Investment Strategy<\/a>, took the stage at Bitcoin 2021 in Miami on Saturday to talk about how Bitcoin is useful for billions of people, not just billionaires. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople are able to use bitcoin to send value globally, instantly and for almost no fees,\u201d Stark said. \u201cWith Lightning you can send a fraction of a cent.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Stark referenced Lightning Network payments in places like<a href=\"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/culture\/el-salvador-surf-team-rides-bitcoin\"> El Salvador<\/a>, showing that bitcoin can be useful in low-income communities. In particular, she said nearly six billion people live in places without stable currencies and easy access to financial services. Many people may need to travel an hour or more if they want to send a bank transfer. <\/p>\n<p>Alden agreed, saying: \u201cWe see some of the most humanitarian and impactful use cases in emerging markets.\u201d <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/VVDNEnRAZU4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bitcoin 2021 YouTube Live Stream \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Both women added that usage increases the value of Bitcoin, both the network and the asset class. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe stronger liquidity gets over time the more and more usable the network gets,\u201d Alden said. \u201cThat\u2019s separate from the price fluctuations based on whatever a billionaire is tweeting about on any given day. The fundamentals.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>To hear more about the bitcoin ecosystem follow <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheBitcoinConf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#Bitcoin2021<\/a> on Twitter and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/realbitcoinmagazine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram<\/a>, plus join our conversation on <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/officialbitcoinmagazine\">Telegram<\/a>. And be sure to subscribe to our newsletter to keep up with all the happenings at Bitcoin 2021.<\/p>\n<p>As Stark said, \u201cwe\u2019re bringing this technology to the next billion people.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Elizabeth Stark and Lyn Alden spoke about bringing Bitcoin worldwide at the Bitcoin 2021 event.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2992,"featured_media":6653,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[2213,2989,460,99],"class_list":{"0":"post-16197","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-culture","8":"tag-bitcoin-2021","9":"tag-elizabeth-stark","10":"tag-lightning-network","11":"tag-lyn-alden"},"author_data":{"id":2992,"name":"Leigh Cuen","nicename":"leigh-cuen","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1b0398812495f682a074b840aaf8f369b9037f82c9f8a150373d9523e7b5dabf?s=96&d=robohash&r=g"},"featured_image_url":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/tor-users-forget-bitcoin-is-not-anonymous.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16197","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2992"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16197"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16197\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6653"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16197"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16197"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16197"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}