Tadge Dryja, co-inventor of Lightning and DLCs, joins Lightspark \ stacker news ~bitcoin

Tadge Dryja, co-inventor of Lightning and DLCs, joins Lightspark twitter.com/davidmarcus/status/1562484630820999168

656 sats \ 12 comments \ @k00b 24 Aug 2022 bitcoin

214 sats \ 3 replies \ @k00b OP 24 Aug 2022

That's a good get! I hope they're paying him a bajillion dollars (rumor is they raised 9 figures).

110 sats \ 2 replies \ @kr 24 Aug 2022

Yeah I wonder what a compensation package for someone like Tadge would look like, and what intangibles convinced him to join Lightspark over the endless number of other companies that would have hired him in a heartbeat.

138 sats \ 1 reply \ @k00b OP 24 Aug 2022

Assuming this is full time and not some kind of research advisor role, his total comp is probably easily 7 figures with a lot of autonomy and budget to do what he wants.

103 sats \ 0 replies \ @myles_snider 24 Aug 2022

Awesome for a company this we’ll capitalized to get someone this good. Can’t wait to see what they build.

220 sats \ 1 reply \ @siggy47 25 Aug 2022

This post prompted me to learn something about Tadge Dryja. Obviously a brilliant guy. This interview gave me a different, non fan boy perspective on bitcoin: https://blog.btcbox.jp/en/archives/10621

20 sats \ 0 replies \ @aljaz 25 Aug 2022

the comment about inflation not being high didn't age well :D

197 sats \ 0 replies \ @k00b OP 24 Aug 2022

From Tadge on Twitter:

A few months ago, I read about Lightspark, a new company whose goal is to “explore, build and extend the capabilities and utility of Bitcoin.” “Huh.” I thought, “That’s also been my goal for the last decade or so.”

I’m excited to share today that I’m joining the Lightspark team to work on building out Bitcoin and LN to be even more powerful forms of money and payments. #Lightspark #Bitcoin #LightningNetwork

112 sats \ 0 replies \ @niftynei 25 Aug 2022

they just need to pull Poon out of retirement now to have the Complete Set (LN paper authors)

100 sats \ 0 replies \ @fiatjaf 25 Aug 2022

He used to be against the BOLT spec and the turn CLN/LND/Eclair have given to the Lightning Network he invented. Will be interesting to learn what he will do now.