Christopher David is the CEO and Founder of Arcade City, a peer-to-peer platform that aims to decentralize ride-sharing and enable a circular Bitcoin economy.

In our talk, we spoke about Arcade City’s vision, the issues facing gig economy workers, and why Arcade City decided use Bitcoin, Lightning, and Nostr to bring their platform to life.

→ Arcade City: https://arcade.city/

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Timestamps

00:00 - Intro

02:30 - Christopher David Intro

08:46 - Arcade City’s Inception

17:07 - Why Is Arcade City Building on Lightning?

33:35 - Arcade City Payments, Communication, and Discovery

49:40 - Can Arcade City Disrupt Uber or Lyft?

1:13:26 - Scaling Arcade City

1:20:17 - The Lightning Round