David Marcus, a former skeptic-turned-Bitcoin believer, has some kind words for Bitcoin, stating that it is exactly what the world needs.
The former PayPal CEO took to X on July 23 to analyze the shortcomings of the current settlement system. He noted that the approach to mend this sector by regurgitating the same centralized means of transacting would not solve the problem; Bitcoin will.
The Need for Bitcoin
Marcus, who is the co-founder and CEO of Lightspark, stated that despite the advancement in technology, moving money is still largely centralized and unattractive. He frowned at the “flurry of new centralized networks” that fronted better settlement tactics but still had central control by a single company or a group of them.
Everything Else Will Fail: Marcus
Meanwhile, Marcus noted that while Bitcoin used to be slow, costly, and limited in its functionalities, the same cannot be said of the blockchain now. It bears mentioning that nothing substantial has changed in Bitcoin’s core network itself, as it still maintains an average throughput of between five and seven transactions per second (TPS).
However, the introduction of layer 2 solutions, such as the Lightning Network and LightSpark, has drastically improved transacting on the network, offering both speed, off-chain transactions, and cost-effective means of payments through the Bitcoin network.
Further, the former PayPal executive emphasized that every other thing will fail or serve a small or specialized user base in the future, but Bitcoin will stand the test of time.
“Bitcoin will be the king interop network for all closed payment systems and wallets in the world,” Marcus added.
Conflicting Views on Marcus’s “Bitcoin Only” Sentiment
Interestingly, Marcus singled out Bitcoin as the one true open money grid for all on-chain transactions, a sentiment with which some others disagreed. For instance, David Lach, the founder of Superseed, believes that Ethereum, rather than Bitcoin, is the ideal foundation to build upon.
Another user seems to agree with Ethereum’s emergence as a choice for on-chain settlement. He pointed to the large stablecoin volumes on Ethereum as proof that institutions prefer to use the network over Bitcoin.
Meanwhile, enthusiasts like Tom Lee believe that Wall Street is converging on Ethereum to leverage the stablecoin traction and institutional tokenization push. However, they still view Bitcoin as the purest form of money in existence.