The Register interviews Todd Weaver

Agreed!

Could you expand on this?

I have not seen that “interledger” thing before, but now that I read about it at https://interledger.org/our-work/ there is this:

We are creating a single open global payment network that connects everyone. Interledger provides an open, frictionless, and currency-agnostic method for transferring very small amounts of money, typically referred to as micropayments. This open network allows anyone to transfer money across currencies and ledgers, resulting in the potential rebalancing of our global payment systems.

For me, that sounds pretty much like Monero. You don’t like it?