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Hampus Sjöberg is the creator and lead developer of Blixt – a versatile & feature-packed Lightning Network wallet which he builds according to his own perfectionist expectations. In this interview, we talk about Blixt & unpopular opinions about Bitcoin.
Kelly Brewster is the CEO of Wolf, a new Lightning and Bitcoin startup accelerator in New York City. In this conversation, he and NLW discuss five big themes they're seeing among Bitcoin builders, including Bitcoin DeFi, Lightning Network infrastructure, gaming, Nostr/social media and ordinals. Enjoying this content? SUBSCRIBE to the Podcast Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/id1438693620?at=1000lSDb Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/538vuul1PuorUDwgkC8JWF?si=ddSvD-HST2e_E7wgxcjtfQ Google: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9ubHdjcnlwdG8ubGlic3luLmNvbS9yc3M= Join the discussion: https://discord.gg/VrKRrfKCz8 Follow on Twitter: NLW: https://twitter.com/nlw Breakdown: https://twitter.com/BreakdownNLW
From Lightning infrastructure to Nostr and Ordinals, here's what one Bitcoin startup accelerator is excited about.Kelly Brewster is the CEO of Wolf, a new Lightning and Bitcoin startup accelerator in New York City. In this conversation, he and NLW discuss five big themes they're seeing among Bitcoin builders, including Bitcoin DeFi, Lightning Network infrastructure, gaming, Nostr/social media and ordinals.-“The Breakdown” is written, produced and narrated by Nathaniel Whittemore aka NLW, with today's editing by Jonas Huck, research by Scott Hill and additional production assistance by Eleanor Pahl. Jared Schwartz is our executive producer and our theme music is “Countdown” by Neon Beach. Music behind our sponsor today is “Foothill Blvd” by Sam Barsh. Image credit: Leontura / Getty Images, modified by CoinDesk.Join the discussion at discord.gg/VrKRrfKCz8.Join the most important conversation in crypto and Web3 at Consensus 2023, happening April 26-28 in Austin, Texas. Come and immerse yourself in all that Web3, crypto, blockchain and the metaverse have to offer. Use code BREAKDOWN to get 15% off your pass. Visit consensus.coindesk.com.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
On this episode of The Your Life! Your Terms! Show we're chatting with Kevin Rooke to get the latest updates on the Lightning Network. This is a new financial layer to Bitcoin that is enabling almost instant financial transactions with the final settlement. The usage over the last few months is really begun to increase rapidly and much of that has to do with some new apps that have launched. We get all the latest on wallets, value 4 value, podcasting, micropayments, Stacker News and more! You can find Kevin on Twitter @kerooke or on Nostr kr@stacker.news and his website at StackSats.com
Oscar Merry is the co-founder and CEO of Fountain, and was actually the very first guest on this podcast back when it started in late 2021. In our conversation, we covered Fountain's evolution in the last year, the role of Nostr on Fountain, and of course the concepts of value for value and creator monetization in general. → Fountain: https://fountain.fm/ Sponsors → Voltage: https://stacksats.how/voltage → Stakwork: https://stacksats.how/stakwork This show is a Lightning podcast. That means instead of asking for likes or shares, I ask for sats. The best way to show your support is to download Fountain from the App Store, load your wallet with some sats, and send them over the Lightning Network to kerooke@fountain.fm. → Fountain: https://www.fountain.fm/ → More Episodes: https://www.stacksats.how/podcast → Lightning Address: ⚡kerooke@fountain.fm Links → Stack Sats: https://www.stacksats.how/ → Twitter: https://twitter.com/kerooke → Books: https://www.kevinrooke.com/book-recommendations → Bitcoin News: https://stacker.news/r/kr Timestamps 00:00 - Intro 02:27 - Oscar Merry Intro 10:51 - Lessons From Fountain's Listeners 14:48 - Why Don't Legacy Podcast Apps Have Messages? 19:50 - How Should Social Media Timelines Be Structured? 31:28 - Listen To Earn on Fountain 40:20 - Does Earning Money Change Engagement? 41:32 - Nostr's Role on Fountain 48:40 - How To Help Podcasters Upgrade to Podcasting 2.0 1:02:31 - Creator Monetization & Value 4 Value 1:14:36 - The Lightning Round
Brandon Quittem, Head of Marketing at Swan Personal joins Dan and Josh for a wide ranging, and downright cosmic discussion. Procreating Bitcoin and Energy Pioneer Species Mycelium The 4th Turning Viking bad behavior Kardashev civilizations BCB Pod DISCLAIMER here Watch VIDEO of this chat on YouTube here SHOW SPONSORS: BITCOIN 2023: promo code “BCB23” for 10% off tickets. May 18-20, 2023. We'll be there! Join us for the world's largest gathering of bitcoiners as we celebrate another year of progress towards hyperbitcoinization. Visit b.tc/conference COINKITE — PROMO CODE “BCB” for discount on ColdCard. Industry leaders in Bitcoin security hardware and fun devices, makers of the COLDCARD and other prominent items including opendime, satscard, tapsigner, the seedplate, coldpower, blockclock mini & blockclock micro. All available at coinkite.com START9 — Sovereign computing. Take back control of your data. Run a Bitcoin & Lightning node. Embassy One: A small uncompromising personal server, capable of running BTC Core. Embassy Pro: The most powerful, secure, and reliable private server in the world. Visit Start9.com SWAN — The place we choose to buy Bitcoin. Dollar cost average daily, weekly or monthly with a company that's Bitcoin only and encourages you to hold your own private keys. Visit Swan.com. For a limited time Swan is offering FREE Swan Premium for 1 year at Swan.com/fire. CROWDHEALTH BTC — Use CODE BLUE to get 1st 3 months massively reduced at $99/month. Harness the Power of Bitcoin + Health Care. Join other Bitcoiners on a crowdfunding platform while accumulating Bitcoin in the process. Bitcoin specific crowd joincrowdhealth.com/bitcoin ITEMS MENTIONED Brandon Quittem's Site Bitcoin is a Pioneer Species Bitcoin and the Rhythms of History Bitcoin is the Mycelium of Money The 4th Turning Book The Sovereign Individual Book ABOUT BRANDON QUITTEM: Brandon is the Director of Onboarding at Swan. He is a prolific author in the Bitcoin space, his writing strikes at the intersection of ecology, evolutionary biology, and Bitcoin. SUPPORT THE BCB PODCAST: Podcast 2.0 streaming on our favorite pod app, Fountain: You can earn & stream sats on Lightning Network while listening to pods! Also share and listen to standout clips with the Fountain community. SOCIAL MEDIA Twitter: you can follow us @blue_collarbtc, follow Brandon @Bquittem Blue Collar Bitcoin on NOSTR: npub1a3hrd4wfawr578d5y5l0qgmh7lx8q6tumfq0h7eymmttt52veexqkcfg37 Video on YouTube. Subscribe Here EMAIL: Send questions or comments to bluecollarbitcoinpodcast@gmail.com
Desiree Dickerson is the CEO of THNDR Games, a Lightning-powered gaming platform that lets you earn Bitcoin for playing games. In our discussion, we covered the challenge of building and testing new games, the value of earning Bitcoin for gamers and gaming platforms, as well as THNDR's latest game release and how Nostr might play a role at THNDR Games. → THNDR Games: https://www.thndr.games/ Sponsors → Voltage: https://stacksats.how/voltage → Stakwork: https://stacksats.how/stakwork This show is a Lightning podcast. That means instead of asking for likes or shares, I ask for sats. The best way to show your support is to download Fountain from the App Store, load your wallet with some sats, and send them over the Lightning Network to kerooke@fountain.fm. → Fountain: https://www.fountain.fm/ → More Episodes: https://www.stacksats.how/podcast → Lightning Address: ⚡kerooke@fountain.fm Links → Stack Sats: https://www.stacksats.how/ → Twitter: https://twitter.com/kerooke → Books: https://www.kevinrooke.com/book-recommendations → Bitcoin News: https://stacker.news/r/kr Timestamps 00:00 - Intro 02:22 - Desiree Dickerson Intro 05:51 - The Evolution of the Lightning Network 18:58 - Why THNDR Games Is Focused on Bitcoin 28:19 - Testing & Developing New Games 32:28 - Operational Lessons from Lightning Labs 39:26 - Solitaire, Leagues, and THNDR Metrics 46:02 - Competitive Elements on THNDR Games 48:50 - Why THNDR Games Is Building on Nostr 55:45 - Building a Cross-App Identity 1:09:59 - The Lightning Round
Welcome to Chain Reaction. A show that unpacks and dives deep into the latest trends, drama and news with some of the biggest names in crypto breaking things down block by block for the crypto curious. For this week's episode, Jacquelyn interviewed Jack Mallers, the founder and CEO of Strike, a bitcoin-based payment network and financial app that is trying to grow cross-border payments and remittance markets. Last year, Mallers' company raised $80 million in a Series B round to grow into that space and also has partnered with major companies like Visa, Clover and Fiserv. Mallers is also the CEO of Zap, a bitcoin investment and payments company that transacts on the Lightning Network, which is a second layer on Bitcion's blockchain that allows for off-chain transactions between parties.We discussed Mallers backstory, how he got into the Bitcoin scene in his late teenage years, whether the lightning network could be better than the payment networks that exist today and how big players could get into the space. This episode was heavily focused on Bitcoin, so buckle up.We also dove into: Lightning Network's global potential El Salvador's adoption of Bitcoin Creating new infrastructure to make Bitcoin more accessibleFuture of Strike and the Bitcoin ecosystem Chain Reaction comes out every other Thursday at 12:00 p.m. PT, so be sure to subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or your favorite pod platform to keep up with the action. TechCrunch is coming to Boston for our Early Stage event. You can use code CHAIN for 40% off founder and investor passes, we'll see you there!
Meta Talkz is Powered by IBH Media. MetaTalkz10 provides a 10% discount on tickets to Outer Edge LA. Pouch was founded in August of 2021 by Ethan Rose who left his software engineering job in the United States to focus on his passion — improving the experience of sending money back home to the Philippines. Bitcoin's Lightning Network is simply their tool — a world-changing technology that boosts financial inclusion and the efficiency of cross-border payments. They are connecting the Philippine economy with the Lightning Network to ensure that Filipinos can seamlessly operate on this new payment standard. Also, check out Metaverse Times for future and past guests.
CK Snarks & Chris Alaimo of Bitcoin Magazine stop by BCB to unpack nostr, ordinals, compounding decentralization, new developments on Bitcoin, and the upcoming Bitcoin 2023 Conference in Miami. BCB Pod DISCLAIMER here Watch VIDEO of this chat on YouTube here SHOW SPONSORS: BITCOIN 2023: promo code “BCB23” for 10% off tickets. May 18-20, 2023. We'll be there! Join us for the world's largest gathering of bitcoiners as we celebrate another year of progress towards hyperbitcoinization. Visit b.tc/conference COINKITE — PROMO CODE “BCB” for discount on ColdCard. Industry leaders in Bitcoin security hardware and fun devices, makers of the COLDCARD and other prominent items including opendime, satscard, tapsigner, the seedplate, coldpower, blockclock mini & blockclock micro. All available at coinkite.com START9 — Sovereign computing. Take back control of your data. Run a Bitcoin & Lightning node. Embassy One: A small uncompromising personal server, capable of running BTC Core. Embassy Pro: The most powerful, secure, and reliable private server in the world. Visit Start9.com SWAN — The place we choose to buy Bitcoin. Dollar cost average daily, weekly or monthly with a company that's Bitcoin only and encourages you to hold your own private keys. Visit Swan.com. For a limited time Swan is offering FREE Swan Premium for 1 year at Swan.com/fire CROWDHEALTH BTC — Use CODE BLUE to get 1st 3 months massively reduced at $99/month. Harness the Power of Bitcoin + Health Care. Join other Bitcoiners on a crowdfunding platform while accumulating Bitcoin in the process. Bitcoin specific crowd joincrowdhealth.com/bitcoin ITEMS MENTIONED Bitcoin 2023 Conference (Use Code “BCB23” for 10% OFF!!) Cosmic Bitcoin Podcast w/ CK Snarks Bitcoin Information Theory by Aaron Segal Bitcoin 2022 Conference Recap w/ Dan & Josh on Millennial Investing Why Dumb Networks are Better by Andreas Antonopoulos BCB087_MATT HILL: Taking Back Digital Sovereignty OP_VAULT AnchorWatch ABOUT CK & CHRIS ALAIMO: CK is the General Manager at Bitcoin Magazine. Chris Alaimo is Multimedia Producer at Bitcoin Magazine. SUPPORT THE BCB PODCAST: Podcast 2.0 streaming on our favorite pod app, Fountain: You can earn & stream sats on Lightning Network while listening to pods! Also share and listen to standout clips with the Fountain community. SOCIAL MEDIA Twitter: you can follow us @blue_collarbtc, follow CK Snarks @CK_SNARKs, follow Chris Alaimo @ChrisAlaimo6 Blue Collar Bitcoin on NOSTR: npub1a3hrd4wfawr578d5y5l0qgmh7lx8q6tumfq0h7eymmttt52veexqkcfg37 Video on YouTube. Subscribe Here EMAIL: Send questions or comments to bluecollarbitcoinpodcast@gmail.com
In this episode, the Michael Irvin metaphor. Hunter grappling to find legal representation. The ramifications of J6 and the unintended campaign it became for Trump.
Join me today for Episode 681 of Bitcoin And . . . Topics for today: - Block to offer Lightning Network and wallet solutions - Hongkongers say, "meh" to e-CNY - Xapo enables Lightning for customers - Ordinal stuff - Silvergate Bank just died - Australia wants it's own "SlaveCoin" - Luke Dashjr disavows ordinals in his name #Bitcoin #BitcoinAnd #BTC nostr: npub1vwymuey3u7mf860ndrkw3r7dz30s0srg6tqmhtjzg7umtm6rn5eq2qzugd (npub) 6389be6491e7b693e9f368ece88fcd145f07c068d2c1bbae4247b9b5ef439d32 (Hex) StackerNews: stacker.news/NunyaBidness Podcasting 2.0: fountain.fm/show/eK5XaSb3UaLRavU3lYrI Apple Podcasts: tinyurl.com/unm35bjh Instagram: instagram.com/bitcoin_and Mastodon: bitcoinhackers.org/@NunyaBidness noagendasocial.com/@NunyaBidness Support Bitcoin And . . . with filthy fiat: patreon.com/BitcoinAndPodcast Find Lightning Network Channel partners here: https://t.me/+bj-7w_ePsANlOGEx (Nodestrich) https://t.me/plebnet (Plebnet) Music by: Flutey Funk Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
“The whole point is that we have enough self-custody to where the system remains permissionless so that we don't turn into digital gold 2.0. That's the whole point. Maybe that's 20% of all Bitcoin, maybe that's 30%. I have no idea. But it needs to be as much as we could possibly make it based on the consumer utility trade-offs.”— Eric YakesEric Yakes is the author of ‘The 7th Property'. In this interview, we discuss how a Bitcoin native banking system could evolve, predicated on a practical vision where not everyone will be able or willing to self-custody. Eric has theorised how Fedimints may form the basis for a new digital age of free banking, and the risks and opportunities this would present. - - - - As Bitcoin is a new form of money, then it stands to reason that it could become the basis for a new global monetary system. Yet, it is not a certainty that this will happen. And how it may manifest is far from settled. Eric Yakes is one of the leading thinkers on this topic. His ideas around how Bitcoin banking may develop are evolving to respect the central tenets of Bitcoin's ideology, whilst making pragmatic allowances for real-world constraints.The principal issue for Bitcoin banking is the provision of custody. 2022 gave everyone clear grounds to promote cold storage. However, with widescale adoption, there will still be significant demand for third-party custody solutions. Therefore, one must consider which custody solutions maximise trust. Fedimint provides such an alternative where trust is federated, with the intention that this federation is a known community. Fedimint is not only a custody solution, it is also a means for issuing value. A Fedimint can issue Ecash against the held Bitcoin. This Ecash acts as a bearer instrument that can be stored on mobile phones, with the privacy characteristics of physical cash. Ecash could also be transferred via the Lightning Network. This opens up the possibility of a quantum of decentralized federations developing and operating akin to the free banking era of the 19th century.There are issues. Third-party custody in any form involves risk. There will be occasions when trust is broken, Bitcoin is lost and innocent people are affected. There are also risks associated with a rise in fractional reserve banking, and questions over the issuance of credit through such systems. However, as Eric Yakes asserts, if Bitcoin is to be more than Gold 2.0 and become the basis for a global monetary system, then these are risks that need to be faced. - - - - This episode's sponsors:Gemini - Buy Bitcoin instantlyIris Energy - Bitcoin Mining. Done Sustainably Ledn - Financial services for Bitcoin hodlersBitcasino - The Future of Gaming is hereLedger - State of the art Bitcoin hardware walletFortris - Digital asset treasury operationsWasabi Wallet - Privacy by default-----WBD625 - Show Notes-----If you enjoy The What Bitcoin Did Podcast you can help support the show by doing the following:Become a Patron and get access to shows early or help contributeMake a tip:Bitcoin: 3FiC6w7eb3dkcaNHMAnj39ANTAkv8Ufi2SQR Codes: BitcoinIf you do send a tip then please email me so that I can say thank youSubscribe on iTunes | Spotify | Stitcher | SoundCloud | YouTube | Deezer | TuneIn | RSS FeedLeave a review on iTunesShare the show and episodes with your friends and familySubscribe to the newsletter on my websiteFollow me on Twitter Personal | Twitter Podcast | Instagram | Medium | YouTubeIf you are interested in sponsoring the show, you can read more about that here or please feel free to drop me an email to discuss options.
Vitor Pamplona is the lead developer at Amethyst, the most popular Nostr client for Android with over 50,000 downloads in its first month. In our conversation we explored Vitor's path to building Amethyst, we talked about centralization, competition, and collaboration on Nostr, as well as future business models for Amethyst. → Amethyst: https://linktr.ee/amethyst.social → Vitor on Nostr: https://snort.social/p/npub1gcxzte5zlkncx26j68ez60fzkvtkm9e0vrwdcvsjakxf9mu9qewqlfnj5z Sponsors → Voltage: https://stacksats.how/voltage → Stakwork: https://stacksats.how/stakwork This show is a Lightning podcast. That means instead of asking for likes or shares, I ask for sats. The best way to show your support is to download Fountain from the App Store, load your wallet with some sats, and send them over the Lightning Network to kerooke@fountain.fm. → Fountain: https://www.fountain.fm/ → More Episodes: https://www.stacksats.how/podcast → Lightning Address: ⚡kerooke@fountain.fm Links → Stack Sats: https://www.stacksats.how/ → Twitter: https://twitter.com/kerooke → Books: https://www.kevinrooke.com/book-recommendations → Bitcoin News: https://stacker.news/r/kr Timestamps 00:00 - Intro 02:20 - Vitor Pamplona Intro 7:20 - Verifiable Credentials and Decentralized Identity 17:20 - How Vitor Built Amethyst 28:59 - Acquiring and Retaining Users on Nostr 37:18 - Will Clients Take a Cut of Zaps on Nostr? 42:45 - What Is The Addressable Market for Nostr? 46:39 - Expanding Nostr Demographics 52:52 - The Challenge of Getting Nostr & Lightning Metrics 57:20 - Competition and Collaboration on Nostr 1:01:38 - Why Amethyst is a Nostr Client 1:09:36 - How Will Amethyst Fund Itself? 1:15:02 - How Nostr's Architecture Streamlines Development 1:26:05 - The Lightning Round
Bitcoin wallet service provider BlueWallet has decided to shut down Lndhub.io, a Lightning Network node on the Bitcoin Network. The wallet provider cited "the emergence of numerous services offering more scalable solutions". One of which, might be Stacks ($STX) which recently caught more attention after Bitcoin "Ordinals" (NFTs) have gone viral.
Greg Foss and Lawrence Lepard join Josh and Dan for an uncensored rip! We always appreciate Greg and Larry. Their willingness to give us their unfiltered opinions is a breath of fresh air! This discussion centers around explaining Bitcoin & the current macroeconomic environment to our parents' generation, while ripping apart some public figures who seem disingenuous in their appraisal of this asset. WE COVER: Bitcoin explanation for boomers Foss getting cliffed out on skis Lepard's hatred for Charlie Munger and Ivy League cucks Bitcoin's ultimate value Is the bottom in for Bitcoin? BLUE COLLAR BITCOIN PODCAST DISCLAIMER HERE ITEMS MENTIONED: Younger Next Year (Chris Crowley) Looking Glass Education Poor Charlie's Almanac The Bitcoin Standard SHOW SPONSORS: BITCOIN 2023: promo code “BCB23” for 10% off tickets. May 18-20, 2023. We'll be there! Join us for the world's largest gathering of bitcoiners as we celebrate another year of progress towards hyperbitcoinization. Visit b.tc/conference COINKITE — PROMO CODE “BCB” for discount on ColdCard. Industry leaders in Bitcoin security hardware and fun devices, makers of the COLDCARD and other prominent items including opendime, satscard, tapsigner, the seedplate, coldpower, blockclock mini & blockclock micro. All available at coinkite.com START9 — Sovereign computing. Take back control of your data. Run a Bitcoin & Lightning node. Embassy One: A small uncompromising personal server, capable of running BTC Core. Embassy Pro: The most powerful, secure, and reliable private server in the world. Visit Start9.com SWAN — The place we choose to buy Bitcoin. Dollar cost average daily, weekly or monthly with a company that's Bitcoin only and encourages you to hold your own private keys. Visit Swan.com. For a limited time Swan is offering FREE Swan Premium for 1 year at Swan.com/fire CROWDHEALTH BTC — Use CODE BLUE to get 1st 3 months massively reduced at $99/month. Harness the Power of Bitcoin + Health Care. Join other Bitcoiners on a crowdfunding platform while accumulating Bitcoin in the process. Bitcoin specific crowd joincrowdhealth.com/bitcoin ABOUT GREG FOSS: Greg was a high yield bond trader for 32 years. Since retirement he has spent his time and energy educating people about finance. Greg has been instrumental in creating Looking Glass Education, an educational platform designed to educate the world about finance, economics, and Bitcoin. ABOUT LAWRENCE LEPARD: Lawrence is a partner at Equity Management Associates. He devotes much of his time to financial education and is generous in sharing ideas. He has a libertarian worldview and has a deep understanding of Austrian Economics. A long time hard money advocate, he was quick to grok the fundamentals and world changing potential of Bitcoin. SUPPORT THE BCB PODCAST: Podcast 2.0 streaming on our favorite pod app, Fountain: You can earn & stream sats on Lightning Network while listening to pods! Also share and listen to standout clips with the Fountain community. SOCIAL MEDIA Twitter: you can follow us @blue_collarbtc, Greg Foss @FossGregfoss, Lawrence Lepard @LawrenceLepard Blue Collar Bitcoin on NOSTR: npub1a3hrd4wfawr578d5y5l0qgmh7lx8q6tumfq0h7eymmttt52veexqkcfg37 Video on YouTube. Subscribe Here EMAIL: Send questions or comments to bluecollarbitcoinpodcast@gmail.com
David King has been an early Google product manager, an angel investor for more than a decade, and is a creator exploring the convergence of Nostr, Bitcoin, and startups. In our conversation, we explored how Google's early days compare to the early days of Nostr, the role Lightning could play on Nostr, and how the open internet may change the early stage investing landscape. → David King: https://www.curiousdk.com/ Sponsors → Voltage: https://stacksats.how/voltage → Stakwork: https://stacksats.how/stakwork This show is a Lightning podcast. That means instead of asking for likes or shares, I ask for sats. The best way to show your support is to download Fountain from the App Store, load your wallet with some sats, and send them over the Lightning Network to kerooke@fountain.fm. → Fountain: https://www.fountain.fm/ → More Episodes: https://www.stacksats.how/podcast → Lightning Address: ⚡kerooke@fountain.fm Links → Stack Sats: https://www.stacksats.how/ → Twitter: https://twitter.com/kerooke → Books: https://www.kevinrooke.com/book-recommendations → Bitcoin News: https://stacker.news/r/kr Timestamps 00:00 - Intro 02:33 - David King Intro 13:58 - What Made Google Special? 17:20 - How Open Protocols and Companies Attract Great Engineers 22:33 - Success & Failure In Venture Capital 29:26 - Expanding Opportunities for Innovation 35:14 - How Much Value Will Nostr Create For The World? 42:38 - The Role of the Lightning Network on Nostr 52:56 - Business Models on Nostr 1:02:05 - Nostr's Layers and Opportunities 1:11:31 - Unexplored Ideas for Nostr & Lightning Builders 1:19:38 - How Will Nostr Be Funded? 1:26:31 - The Lightning Round
Ordinals is a new protocol that allows NFTs to be stored on the Bitcoin blockchain. STX is the native token of the Stacks Network, a layer 2 blockchain that leverages the security of the bitcoin blockchain to settle transactions. Ordinals' non-fungible tokens (NFT), triggered a massive rally in Stacks Network's STX token earlier this week, while also enabling the creation boom of several Bitcoin NFT wallets and services. Is Stacks becoming the Polygon/ETH of Bitcoin network, where does that leave the Lightning Network?~This episode is sponsored by iTrust Capital~iTrustCapital | Get $100 Funding Reward + No Monthly Fees when you sign up using our custom link! ➜ https://bit.ly/iTrustPaul
Salta The Rock Trading, uno degli exchange più blasonati d'Italia. La storia è sempre la stessa, fatta di fiducia mal riposta in un settore tecnologico che nasce per rendere obsoleta la fiducia stessa. La brutta vicenda ci offre uno spaccato agghiacciante della mentalità e della competenza tecnica di chi investe in criptovalute in Italia.Inoltre: vi raccontiamo OP_VAULT, una proposta per fare di Bitcoin una vera e propria “cassaforte”, e analizziamo alcuni difetti della teoria degli ordinals e come la congestione della mempool possa avere degli effetti nefasti sul Lightning Network.It's showtime!
MercuryWallet is one of the most remarkable achievements in Bitcoin privacy. By virtue of Statechains, users can swap UTXOs without leaving any traces. More recently, CommerceBlock wants to bring Mercury to mobile devices with some cool Lightning features
In the forty-seventh episode, recorded at block #777039 hosts Turbo and Don talk with MetaMick and Στεlios of the Geyser Fund.Find more on the Geyser Fund:Twitter - @geyserfundTwitter - @metamick14Twitter - @steliosatsSponsors: VoltageVoltage provides enterprise-grade services for Lightning. Voltage gives everyone the power to run their own Lightning Node without the hassle of dealing with the command line, updates, hardware, or uptime complications through a user-friendly web-based dashboard and API. You can also get inbound liquidity with their Flow product. Sign up on their waitlist for their next-gen platform and join the community on discord.www.voltage.cloudTwitter - @voltage_cloudFind us on Vida every Wednesday night 8pm CTOrange Pill Addicts Vida Pagevida.pageThe Weekly Dose:SubscribeTwitter Info: -@OrangePillAddix-@TurboHodl-@WittyUsername30-@kc_hodlKansas City Bitcoin MeetupKcBitcoiners.comTwitter @KcBitcoinersIntro music by Coma-Media from PixabayDisclaimer: This podcast is for entertainment purposes only and should not be used as financial advice.
Join Marty as he sits down with Myles Snider for a very bullish discussion of Nostr and the Lightning Network. Check out Kollider 8:40 - Nostr's improved a lot 17:16 - The business opportunity of Nostr 19:46 - What makes a good relay? 24:15 - Nostr+LN is the real web 3.0 34:30 - Myles's background 37:35 - Proof of Stake is bad for the soul 44:28 - Finding LN 50:35 - Kollider 1:07:42 - Ordinals 1:18:37 - Bullish on lightning 1:35:46 - Nostr wishlist 1:42:53 - Wrapping up Shoutout to our sponsors: Unchained Capital River CrowdHealth Bitcoin Talent Co TFTC Merch is Available: Shop Now Join the TFTC Movement: Main YT Channel Clips YT Channel Website Twitter Instagram Follow Marty Bent: Twitter Newsletter Podcast
Philosophy professor Troy Cross (PhD) joins Josh & Dan on a meandering discussion centering on HOW we should think. These 3 explore religion, Christianity, orthodoxy, as well as both the wonders and perils of the “Bitcoin community.” Troy is a professor of philosophy and humanities at Reed College; previous to that he held positions at Yale and Oxford. WE COVER: Religion, Christianity & open inquiry, The intellectual journey & resisting dogmatism Death & Life The fiat treadmill Socialism Artificial intelligence's connection w/ Bitcoin & energy BLUE COLLAR BITCOIN PODCAST DISCLAIMER HERE ITEMS MENTIONED: Bitcoin Policy Institute SHOW SPONSORS: BITCOIN 2023: promo code “BCB23” for 10% off tickets. May 18-20, 2023. We'll be there! Join us for the world's largest gathering of bitcoiners as we celebrate another year of progress towards hyperbitcoinization. Visit b.tc/conference COINKITE — PROMO CODE “BCB” for discount on ColdCard. Industry leaders in Bitcoin security hardware and fun devices, makers of the COLDCARD and other prominent items including opendime, satscard, tapsigner, the seedplate, coldpower, blockclock mini & blockclock micro. All available at coinkite.com START9 — Sovereign computing. Take back control of your data. Run a Bitcoin & Lightning node. Embassy One: A small uncompromising personal server, capable of running BTC Core. Embassy Pro: The most powerful, secure, and reliable private server in the world. Visit Start9.com SWAN — The place we choose to buy Bitcoin. Dollar cost average daily, weekly or monthly with a company that's Bitcoin only and encourages you to hold your own private keys. Visit Swan.com. For a limited time Swan is offering FREE Swan Premium for 1 year at Swan.com/fire CROWDHEALTH BTC — Use CODE BLUE to get 1st 3 months massively reduced at $99/month. Harness the Power of Bitcoin + Health Care. Join other Bitcoiners on a crowdfunding platform while accumulating Bitcoin in the process. Bitcoin specific crowd joincrowdhealth.com/bitcoin ABOUT TROY CROSS: Troy Cross is Professor of Philosophy and Humanities at Reed College where he teaches courses on the philosophy of religion, color, and the philosophy of mind, as well as lecturing in the humanities program. Prior to coming to Reed in 2010, he held positions at Yale and Merton College, Oxford. Cross's philosophical research interests center on foundational issues in metaphysics and epistemology, but has also been involved in bitcoin for over a decade, cultivating interest in a number of bitcoin-related issues in that time, most of all, the question of bitcoin mining's present and future environmental impact. SUPPORT THE BCB PODCAST: Podcast 2.0 streaming on our favorite pod app, Fountain: You can earn & stream sats on Lightning Network while listening to pods! Also share and listen to standout clips with the Fountain community. SOCIAL MEDIA: Twitter: you can follow us @blue_collarbtc, you can follow Troy Cross @thetrocro Blue Collar Bitcoin on NOSTR: npub1a3hrd4wfawr578d5y5l0qgmh7lx8q6tumfq0h7eymmttt52veexqkcfg37 Video on YouTube. Subscribe Here EMAIL: Send questions or comments to bluecollarbitcoinpodcast@gmail.com
Dhruv Bansal is a physicist, entrepreneur, and the co-founder of Unchained Capital. In our conversation we explored the idea of scaling Bitcoin in layers, the importance of distributed markets on Bitcoin, Lightning, and beyond, and we touched Nostr, Tor, Ordinals and frameworks for understanding Bitcoin. → The Bitcoin Stack Presentation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlV5_udJkC0 → Unchained Capital: https://unchained.com/ Sponsors → Voltage: https://stacksats.how/voltage → Stakwork: https://stacksats.how/stakwork This show is a Lightning podcast. That means instead of asking for likes or shares, I ask for sats. The best way to show your support is to download Fountain from the App Store, load your wallet with some sats, and send them over the Lightning Network to kerooke@fountain.fm. → Fountain: https://www.fountain.fm/ → More Episodes: https://www.stacksats.how/podcast → Lightning Address: ⚡kerooke@fountain.fm Links → Stack Sats: https://www.stacksats.how/ → Twitter: https://twitter.com/kerooke → Books: https://www.kevinrooke.com/book-recommendations → Bitcoin News: https://stacker.news/r/kr Timestamps 00:00 - Intro 02:20 - Dhruv Bansal Intro 08:41 - What Can Be Built on Bitcoin? 21:23 - Selling Bitcoin vs. Selling Altcoins 36:35 - The Importance of Building in Layers on Bitcoin 45:52 - How Important Is Decentralization on the Lightning Network? 58:22 - Second Order Effects of Lightning Network Changes 1:01:52 - Energy, Bitcoin, & P2P Connections 1:06:43 - The Pendulum of Centralization & Decentralization 1:13:23 - Can Lightning Fix Tor? 1:26:15 - The Role of Companies on Layered Protocol Systems 1:31:50 - Making Changes to Bitcoin 1:47:37 - The Lightning Round
“Bitcoin's an intelligence test, but it's also an epistemic humility test. You don't have to know everything about Bitcoin, nobody knows everything about Bitcoin. The question is, do you pretend you know when you don't? And if you do you'll be exposed.”— Troy CrossTroy Cross is a Professor of Philosopher and Fellow at BPI, & Shaun Connell is Executive VP of Power at Lancium & energy trading expert. In this interview, we discuss the evolution of the Bitcoin mining and energy debate: how Bitcoin mining has weathered the storm of FUD over its energy usage to become a tool that fixes an ever-increasing number of energy-related issues. - - - - Roy Sheinfeld, CEO of Breez, last week used the following analogy to highlight expanding knowledge of the Lightning Network's application: "The first industrial use of steam engines was to pump water out of mines, but nobody talks about that because the engines were stationary and hidden in the dark. Three generations later, inventors started adding wheels to the engines. Setting that power free and bringing it into the light made everyone take notice, and that's when steam changed everything."The same applies to the whole Bitcoin ecosystem, particularly in relation to Bitcoin mining. Since 2019, there has been a growing realisation that Bitcoin provides a multitude of benefits to producers, operators and consumers of energy. There are also an increasing number of ancillary applications being realised in other areas. So, is it time for Bitcoiners to become more emboldened in their advocacy of Bitcoin mining?There's an available body of evidence showing the important role that Bitcoin mining is playing in supporting Texas's energy grid. It is right to state that some of the resultant conclusions seem counterintuitive i.e. how can an energy user assist with energy supply? However, it merely takes an open mind, a willingness to question, and a capacity to learn, to realise that Bitcoin mining provides an important societal good.Paradigm shifts are always met with suspicion. The issue is we're on the right side of history. Therefore, should we use someone's views on Bitcoin mining as a test of their intelligence and humility? Is it time to be more assertive in responding to those who refuse to believe their eyes and ears? After all, they are the ones who refuse to be humble. - - - - This episode's sponsors:Gemini - Buy Bitcoin instantlyLedn - Financial services for Bitcoin hodlersBitcasino - The Future of Gaming is hereLedger - State of the art Bitcoin hardware walletCasa - The leading provider of Bitcoin multisig key securityWasabi Wallet - Privacy by default-----WBD619 - Show Notes-----If you enjoy The What Bitcoin Did Podcast you can help support the show by doing the following:Become a Patron and get access to shows early or help contributeMake a tip:Bitcoin: 3FiC6w7eb3dkcaNHMAnj39ANTAkv8Ufi2SQR Codes: BitcoinIf you do send a tip then please email me so that I can say thank youSubscribe on iTunes | Spotify | Stitcher | SoundCloud | YouTube | Deezer | TuneIn | RSS FeedLeave a review on iTunesShare the show and episodes with your friends and familySubscribe to the newsletter on my websiteFollow me on Twitter Personal | Twitter Podcast | Instagram | Medium | YouTubeIf you are interested in sponsoring the show, you can read more about that here or please feel free to drop me an email to discuss options.
"Furthermore, when Bitcoiners develop privacy and scaling technology for Bitcoin, we make it substantially more challenging for anti-coiners to make the case that a war on Bitcoin is winnable. When more of us demonstrate the unmatched power of Lightning Network payments in small nations, influential legislators and bankers in the U.S. take note and are far less likely to support an adversarial strategy towards Bitcoin." - Cory Klippsten For read 700 we take ourselves to the Swan Bitcoin blog with an excellent call to arms by CEO Cory Klippsten. A call to do everything we can in the race to Bitcoin adoption, to stave off what would likely be a long, painful conflict with the current money printing establishment. A race to see Bitcoin progress fast enough, and prove the technology, the community, and the infrastructure resilient enough to make a war against this force of nature an unsellable campaign. The Race to Avoid the War... Check out the original article at: https://www.swanbitcoin.com/the-race-to-avoid-the-war/ Guy's Nostr Pubkey: npub1h8nk2346qezka5cpm8jjh3yl5j88pf4ly2ptu7s6uu55wcfqy0wq36rpev Don't forget to check out our amazing sponsors: • Dive into the Bitcoin only wallet, the cypherpunk calculator, with the NEW Coldcard Q1! A company that has built secure Bitcoin products for nearly a decade. Code BITCOINAUDIBLE gets 9% off the ColdCard! (https://guyswann.com/coldcard) • Gets sats back every time you dump fiat at a store, to pay your bills, everything in your fiat life pays you sats with the Fold Debit Card and FoldApp. 20,000 FREE SATS! at (https://guyswann.com/fold) • The best place to onboard a true Bitcoiner - Stack sats automatically, withdraw automatically, and learn or get help from the best team of Bitcoiners out there with Swan Bitcoin. (https://swanbitcoin.com/guy) ------------------------------------------------- “The brick walls are there for a reason. The brick walls are not there to keep us out. The brick walls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want something. Because the brick walls are there to stop the people who don't want it badly enough. They're there to stop the other people.” ― Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nicholas Gregory is the CEO of CommerceBlock, the company using Statechains to power their product Mercury Wallet. In our conversation, Nick explained the concept and utility of statechains, Mercury Wallet's upcoming Lightning integration, and we also discussed LSPs and Bitcoin transaction fees. → Mercury Wallet: https://mercurywallet.com/ Sponsors → Voltage: https://stacksats.how/voltage → Stakwork: https://stacksats.how/stakwork This show is a Lightning podcast. That means instead of asking for likes or shares, I ask for sats. The best way to show your support is to download Fountain from the App Store, load your wallet with some sats, and send them over the Lightning Network to kerooke@fountain.fm. → Fountain: https://www.fountain.fm/ → More Episodes: https://www.stacksats.how/podcast → Lightning Address: ⚡kerooke@fountain.fm Links → Stack Sats: https://www.stacksats.how/ → Twitter: https://twitter.com/kerooke → Books: https://www.kevinrooke.com/book-recommendations → Bitcoin News: https://stacker.news/r/kr Timestamps 00:00 - Intro 02:18 - Nicholas Gregory Intro 04:25 - CommerceBlock 05:56 - What are Statechains? 17:18 - Building Mercury Wallet 23:51 - Changes to Bitcoin's Protocol 34:58 - Trends in Bitcoin Transaction Fees 37:50 - Catalysts for Lightning Development 45:37 - Traits of Good Lightning Service Providers 54:58 - Attacking the Lightning Network 1:03:59 - The Lightning Round
Preston Pysh is joined by Bitcoin Lightning expert Justin Rezvani. Justin is a Forbes 30 under 30 and has some fascinating stories as a tech entrepreneur.Justin discusses how he sees the creator economy evolving with immediate settlement happening on the Lightning Network, and how people are going to be compensated for holding their own data and content instead of the big platform owners.IN THIS EPISODE, YOU'LL LEARN:00:00 - Intro01:15 - Justin's background as an entrepreneur.01:20 - Justin's advice for young entrepreneurs.06:46 - How Justin found Bitcoin.06:46 - Justin's new application, Zion, and how it fits into decentralized social media.09:52 - How Justin became familiar with the Lightning Network.11:50 - Justin's opinions about the Creator Economy at large.26:28 - Decentralized Web Nodes and Web 5.Disclaimer: Slight discrepancies in the timestamps may occur due to podcast platform differences.BOOKS AND RESOURCESJustin's Twitter Account.Justin's Social Application: Zion.NEW TO THE SHOW?Check out our We Study Billionaires Starter Packs.Browse through all our episodes (complete with transcripts) here.Try our tool for picking stock winners and managing our portfolios: TIP Finance Tool.Enjoy exclusive perks from our favorite Apps and Services.Stay up-to-date on financial markets and investing strategies through our daily newsletter, We Study Markets.P.S The Investor's Podcast Network is excited to launch a subreddit devoted to our fans in discussing financial markets, stock picks, questions for our hosts, and much more! Join our subreddit r/TheInvestorsPodcast today!SPONSORSGet personalized, expert advice that helps you see things clearly with ATB.Help companies protect customer privacy in the face of endlessly growing data breaches by investing in Atakama today.Talk to your clients about Desjardins Responsible Investment today and support what's right for society and what's good for business.Take stock of your finances and investing strategy with Betterment.If your business has five or more employees and managed to survive Covid you could be eligible to receive a payroll tax rebate of up to twenty-six thousand dollars per employee. Find out if your business qualifies with Innovation Refunds.Let an expert do your taxes from start to finish so you can relax with TurboTax.Support our free podcast by supporting our sponsors.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Morgen Rochard is the founder of Origin Wealth Advisers, a CFA, CFP, and a well-known Bitcoin advocate. In our conversation, we spoke about the challenge of preserving one's wealth on a fiat standard, the things Bitcoin does and does not fix, and regulations and tax implications of Bitcoin and Lightning Network payments. As always, the best way you can support this show is by sending in sats over the Lightning Network. You can use any podcasting 2.0 app, there are many of them, but my favorite is Fountain. → Origin: https://www.originwa.com/ Sponsors → Voltage: https://stacksats.how/voltage → Stakwork: https://stacksats.how/stakwork This show is a Lightning podcast. That means instead of asking for likes or shares, I ask for sats. The best way to show your support is to download Fountain from the App Store, load your wallet with some sats, and send them over the Lightning Network to kerooke@fountain.fm. → Fountain: https://www.fountain.fm/ → More Episodes: https://www.stacksats.how/podcast → Lightning Address: ⚡kerooke@fountain.fm Links → Stack Sats: https://www.stacksats.how/ → Twitter: https://twitter.com/kerooke → Books: https://www.kevinrooke.com/book-recommendations → Bitcoin News: https://stacker.news/r/kr Timestamps 00:00 - Intro 02:14 - Morgen Rochard Intro 13:10 - Personal Finance and Monetary Incentives 20:50 - Bitcoin Fixes This, But Not All Things 27:25 - Dealing with Bitcoin Volatility 40:51 - Getting Bitcoin Exposure 52:43 - Implications of Earning Bitcoin 59:29 - Capital Gains & Record Keeping 1:18:38 - The Lightning Round
Will is the Founder of damus.io, a mobile client for the decentralized social media protocol Nostr. In addition to his work on damus, Will is a regular contributor to Bitcoin Core and the Lightning Network. Follow Will on Twitter @jb55 and find him on nostr: npub1xtscya34g58tk0z605fvr788k263gsu6cy9x0mhnm87echrgufzsevkk5s. [2:18] - Will's early interest in the internet and experience watching it mature [8:00] - How Will discovered Bitcoin and used it as a tool in his work [11:25] - An introduction to internet protocols [14:21] - The issue of self censorship [18:21] - Breaking down the architecture and censorship resistance of the Nostr protocol [23:41] - Building damus as a mobile client on Nostr [26:16] - Catalysts for Nostr adoption and interoperability [31:38] - How damus is integrating Bitcoin's Lightning network for payments [33:34] - Will's approach to financing his work building damus [37:15] - Participating in a distributed workforce and building open-source software [40:18] - Will's strategy to allocate donations among community contributors [42:12] - Nostr's competitive positioning and future outlook --- Support the show by checking out my sponsors: Join Levels and get personalized insights to learn about your metabolic health. Go to https://levels.link/jake. --- https://homeofjake.com
Sale in cattedra il professor Guybrushazzi per una disamina approfondita sullo stato attuale del Lightning Network: che livello di privacy ha raggiunto? Quali sono i colli di bottiglia più preoccupanti? Quanto è ancora difficile gestire un nodo Lightning? Potrà un giorno una transazione LN essere privata come il gesto di passarsi una banconota?Tirate fuori il taccuino alunni e preparatevi a prendere appunti!Inoltre in quest nuovo episodio: El Salvador paga interamente la cedola del debito nei confronti del Fondo Monetario Internazionale e nessuno si preoccupa di dare risalto alla notizia, dopo che la stampa internazionale aveva dato per certo l'imminente default del paese, Google è costretta a pubblicare i dati sul consumo di acqua necessario al raffreddamento di un suo data center in Oregon. La quantità di risorse è mastodontica ma per la stampa di regime solo Bitcoin non è sostenibile! It's showtime!
Chatting with Candice Justin Rezvani Episode Run Time: 33:19Justin Rezvani is the CEO and founder of Zion, the world's first decentralized social network built on Bitcoin. In his book Unapologetic Freedom, Justin shares his vision for the future of social media and communication, where creators and communities can interact directly without fear of censorship through The Lightning Network.00:00 Introducing Justin02:19 Zion: A decentralized social platform09:08 Censorship and community management12:03 Bitcoin and the Lightning Network14:15 The new social media algorithm: staking19:43 Can Twitter be saved?24:22 Online freedom and sovereignty27:42 Cryptocurrency VS Central Bank Digital Currency31:57 Where to find JustinThe Current State of the InternetCentralized social media platforms are free for use, but the caveat is that users have no ownership over their identities, content, and audiences. These can all be taken away without explanation, causing a massive domino effect in our online lives. Another way in which social media affects us is through algorithms. Social media companies encourage polarization in order to sustain users' attention. Unhealthy environments may emerge, but they pay no mind as long as they can maximize profit from advertisers. There are no real consequences for bad behavior online either, which further dehumanizes our online interactions. Freedom and Sovereignty Through Decentralization Zion seeks to fix the problems of traditional social media by allowing direct relationships between creators and audiences. Users will have full ownership over their identities, content, and audiences. Zion is built on Bitcoin, a decentralized cryptocurrency. Through the Lightning Network, payments are settled instantly and privately without any middlemen.On Zion, every interaction is tied to your wallet. You can monetize posted content but you can also be fined for spam or hate comments. There are incentives and disincentives for every action taken on the platform. Instead of one governing body, Zion is made up of several communities that each have their own moderators. Although Zion will be a paid service, users will get to reclaim their online freedom of speech and payment. Links and Resources:Zion WebsiteUnapologetic FreedomJustin's TwitterJustin's InstagramMeta-DescriptionJustin Rezvani, founder of Zion and author of Unapologetic Freedom, talks about what the future of social media should be like. He details the dangers of our current centralized platforms and how Zion's new algorithm will return online freedom back to creators and audiences.Support the show
Joe and John discuss Bitcoin scaling solutions, Layer 2's, Lightning, ZK Rollups, Drivechains, and more! NordVPN - Privately and securely browse the web. This is critical to handling your Bitcoin carefully. Use code: “Blockware” for a 30-day money-back guarantee. https://nordvpn.com/blockware Follow us on Twitter: Joe: https://twitter.com/IIICapital John: https://twitter.com/lightcoin Blockware: https://twitter.com/BlockwareTeam Timestamps: 00:00 Intro/Johns Background 02:39 Why can't Bitcoin scale 100% on-chain (on the base layer?) 10:11 The Lightning Network vs Rollups 19:08 Validity (ZK) Rollups 27:59 Layer 2 Limitations 34:21 Drivechains 40:26 Synergy Between Validity Rollups and Drivechains 50:00 Are Bitcoin Devs Interested in Validity Rollups? 54:41 Drawbacks of Validity Rollups
On this episode, we're joined by Lyn Alden who came to the world of finance via an engineering background and now runs a highly-regarded equity research and investment strategy firm. We're discussing her macro portfolio outlook as well as Bitcoin & Lightning Network.Guest: Lyn Alden, Founder of Lyn Alden Investment StrategyLyn Alden website ➜ https://bit.ly/LynAldensite~This episode is sponsored by Trezor~Trezor website ➜ https://trezor.go2cloud.org/aff_c?offer_id=134&aff_id=32241
Paul Sztorc is the Founder and CEO of Layer 2 Labs, as well as the author of BIP 300 and 301 and a Drivechain advocate. In our conversation, we explored Drivechain history, the pros and cons of sidechains on Bitcoin, and the work Paul is doing at Layer Two Labs to help scale Bitcoin. → Drivechain: https://www.drivechain.info/ → Layer Two Labs: https://layertwolabs.com/ Sponsors → Voltage: https://stacksats.how/voltage → Stakwork: https://stacksats.how/stakwork This show is a Lightning podcast. That means instead of asking for likes or shares, I ask for sats. The best way to show your support is to download Fountain from the App Store, load your wallet with some sats, and send them over the Lightning Network to kerooke@fountain.fm. → Fountain: https://www.fountain.fm/ → More Episodes: https://www.stacksats.how/podcast → Lightning Address: ⚡kerooke@fountain.fm Links → Stack Sats: https://www.stacksats.how/ → Twitter: https://twitter.com/kerooke → Books: https://www.kevinrooke.com/book-recommendations → Bitcoin News: https://stacker.news/r/kr Timestamps 00:00 - Intro 02:04 - Paul Sztorc Intro 16:25 - What Is Drivechain? 19:53 - Why Haven't BIP 300/301 Been Implemented? 32:32 - Have Drivechain Opinions Changed Over Time? 41:54 - The Effects of Bitcoin's Blocksize War 47:50 - What Benefits Could Bitcoin Get From Drivechain? 59:59 - What Are The Best Arguments Against Drivechain? 1:12:07 - Layer Two Labs 1:28:30 - Improving Bitcoin UX 1:53:05 - Sidechains and the Lightning Network 1:59:34 - The Lightning Round
Preston Pysh interviews Lyle Pratt, an entrepreneur of multiple successful businesses, and a telecommunications and spam expert. They talk about the intersection of the Bitcoin Lightning Network and how it offers a solution to the worsening spam and bots that litter our social media and phone calls.IN THIS EPISODE, YOU'LL LEARN:00:00 - Intro01:18 - Lyle's background as an entrepreneur founding Better Voice.06:22 - The history of VOIP and how it relates to Bitcoin today.06:22 - The 402 payment required in the SIP protocol.10:24 - Lyle's story about finding Bitcoin at the intersection of telecommunications.12:09 - What was the top thing he took away from successfully building and selling his first company?14:15 - Lyle's newest company, Vida.14:22 - Lyle discusses the basics of spam and why it's so prevalent.24:53 - Spam can become worse with more decentralization.35:42 - What does the Lightning Network bring to this problem?54:54 - What Jiu-Jitsu and Bitcoin have in common.Disclaimer: Slight discrepancies in the timestamps may occur due to podcast platform differences.BOOKS AND RESOURCESLyle Pratt's Twitter Account.Lyle Pratt's Nostr Account.Lyle's Company, Vida.Related Episode: Listen to BTC111: Nostr - Decentralized Social Media & Bitcoin w/ William Casarin, or watch the video.NEW TO THE SHOW?Check out our We Study Billionaires Starter Packs.Browse through all our episodes (complete with transcripts) here.Try our tool for picking stock winners and managing our portfolios: TIP Finance Tool.Enjoy exclusive perks from our favorite Apps and Services.Stay up-to-date on financial markets and investing strategies through our daily newsletter, We Study Markets.P.S The Investor's Podcast Network is excited to launch a subreddit devoted to our fans in discussing financial markets, stock picks, questions for our hosts, and much more! Join our subreddit r/TheInvestorsPodcast today!SPONSORSGet position and investment info for nearly 6,000 Asset Management Companies with Moomoo, Australia's first A.I. powered trading platform. Sign up and fund your moomoo account before October 31 and get $10 for every $100 you deposit. All investment carries risk. AFSL 224 663. T&Cs apply.Get personalized, expert advice that helps you see things clearly with ATB.Help companies protect customer privacy in the face of endlessly growing data breaches by investing in Atakama today.Talk to your clients about Desjardins Responsible Investment today and support what's right for society and what's good for business.Take stock of your finances and investing strategy with Betterment.Guess less and sell more with the Number 1 email marketing and automation brand, Intuit Mailchimp.Let an expert do your taxes from start to finish so you can relax with TurboTax.If your business has five or more employees and managed to survive Covid you could be eligible to receive a payroll tax rebate of up to twenty-six thousand dollars per employee. Find out if your business qualifies with Innovation Refunds.Support our free podcast by supporting our sponsors.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
John Carvalho is the CEO of Synonym, a company working on a number of Bitcoin and identity products and protocols including their Bitkit wallet, their Blocktank LSP, their Slashtags protocol, and their collaboration with Holepunch on Pear Credit. In our conversation we talked about the business case for building an LSP, the unique features of Bitkit, the vision for Pear Credit, and the identity landscape with overlapping protocols in Slashtags, TBD, and Nostr. → Synonym: https://synonym.to/ Sponsors → Voltage: https://stacksats.how/voltage → Stakwork: https://stacksats.how/stakwork This show is a Lightning podcast. That means instead of asking for likes or shares, I ask for sats. The best way to show your support is to download Fountain from the App Store, load your wallet with some sats, and send them over the Lightning Network to kerooke@fountain.fm. → Fountain: https://www.fountain.fm/ → More Episodes: https://www.stacksats.how/podcast → Lightning Address: ⚡kerooke@fountain.fm Links → Stack Sats: https://www.stacksats.how/ → Twitter: https://twitter.com/kerooke → Books: https://www.kevinrooke.com/book-recommendations → Bitcoin News: https://stacker.news/r/kr Timestamps 00:00 - Intro 02:47 - John Carvalho Intro 05:05 - Blocktank and the LSP Business 13:22 - Demand for Lightning Network Liquidity 32:52 - Regulations and the Lightning Network 41:24 - Removing IP Addresses from the Lightning Protocol 43:59 - How The BitKit Wallet Works 1:02:23 - The Vision for Pear Credit 1:16:01 - Tokens on the Internet 1:27:59 - How Slashtags Works 1:36:53 - Slashtags vs. TBD 1:46:04 - Can Multiple Web Identity Systems Succeed? 1:58:42 - The Lightning Round
Calle is a Lightning developer who has worked on a handful of Lightning projects, including Lightning Tip Bot, LNBits, and Cashu. In our conversation we talked about the Cambrian explosion of Lightning development happening lately, the importance of open source software, e-cash mints, and we did a deep-dive into the work Calle is doing on LNBits and Cashu today. → LNBits: https://lnbits.com/ → Cashu: https://cashu.space/ Sponsors → Voltage: https://stacksats.how/voltage → Stakwork: https://stacksats.how/stakwork This show is a Lightning podcast. That means instead of asking for likes or shares, I ask for sats. The best way to show your support is to download Fountain from the App Store, load your wallet with some sats, and send them over the Lightning Network to kerooke@fountain.fm. → Fountain: https://www.fountain.fm/ → More Episodes: https://www.stacksats.how/podcast → Lightning Address: ⚡kerooke@fountain.fm Links → Stack Sats: https://www.stacksats.how/ → Twitter: https://twitter.com/kerooke → Books: https://www.kevinrooke.com/book-recommendations → Bitcoin News: https://stacker.news/r/kr Timestamps 00:00 - Intro 02:16 - Calle Intro 06:05 - The Cambrian Explosion in Lightning Development 17:08 - Why Calle Loves Open Source Software 29:44 - Was The Internet Built Backwards? 39:20 - Jack Dorsey's Nostr Donation 40:50 - Lightning Tip Bot 54:09 - How Does LNBits Work? 1:05:32 - What Is Cashu & What Are E-Cash Mints? 1:14:08 - Will Custodial LN Wallets Integrate Cashu? 1:19:43 - The Lightning Round
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El Salvador's National Security Advisor to President Bukele and co-founder of BLIP founding company High Voltage. With more than 25 years of experience in cybersecurity and 10 years of experience in the Intelligence and counterintelligence field he has been a political figure and influencer with studies on Anti-Corruption, Anti-Money Laundering also he is a certified Blockchain and Bitcoin expert open to Cybersecurity consultancy, Digital Forensics, Bitcoin Adoption consultancy, Lightning Network consultancy, Lightning Node Management consultancy, and Lightning Node Training. “As a cybersecurity expert, I can tell you there are 2 types of platforms, those that get hacked and those that have not” Alejandro Muyshondt “If you want to start a movement, to create a revolution, it's gonna start on a phone. And if the overlords don't like it, they just shut it down. They did it in Canada, they've done it in Iran.” High Voltage co-founder Rick Fisher Brief history of the formation of terrorist gangs in EL Salvador Chivo's Implementation and BItcoin Introduction in El Salvador Blip App and Blip Wallet Follow Alejandro: Blip App Twitter @AMuyshondt Twitter @blipmeapp LinkedIn Amuyshdont https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJVpfzfus5s&ab_channel=AlejandroMuyshondt https://bitcoinmagazine.com/business/blip-encrypted-chat-on-bitcoin-lightning Donate to BLIP SUBSCRIBE Fountain.fm Apple Spotify MUSIC djvalerieblove.com satoshiopera.com FOLLOW Twitter @djvalerieblove Facebook DJ Valerie B Love Instagram @djvalerieblove Linkedin DJ Valerie B Love YouTube DJ Valerie B Love COLDCARD Discount 5%- Promo Code “CKBTC” store.coinkite.com/promo/PEACE SHAMORY - Have Fun Learn Bitcoin 10% Discount shamory.com/love
Join Marty as he sits down with Graham Krizek to discuss the progress of Voltage over the last 2 years, how the lightning network's doing, and where it's going from here. Follow Graham on Twitter Check out Voltage 6:47 - Back on the show after 2 years 9:06 - What's Voltage? 14:23 - Witnessing growth of Voltage and LN 17:43 - What have been LN's biggest strides? 19:44 - Could LN fail? 22:50 - VLS 25:17 - Favorite LN implementation? 27:10 - It's not really one network 30:06 - PTLCs 32:38 - There's lot's left new people to do 34:53 - Learning from and educating customers 41:07 - Making liquidity easier 45:09 - Flow and Surge 49:30 - Voltage privacy 50:16 - Competition for Voltage 55:45 - How's bitcoin doing in general? 58:44 - How does a Bitcoin company handle a potential long bear market? 1:01:43 - Conference fatigue 1:02:59 - Emerging markets driving adoption 1:06:53 - AI and value4value 1:10:29 - Will wallets consolidate? 1:11:48 - Future for Voltage 1:17:31 - Parting words Shoutout to our sponsors: Unchained Capital River CrowdHealth TFTC Merch is Available: Shop Now Join the TFTC Movement: Main YT Channel Clips YT Channel Website Twitter Instagram Follow Marty Bent: Twitter Newsletter Podcast
► NEWS: Saylor sells bitcoin but vows to develop on Lightning; Bitcoin Core Dev loses 200 bitcoin and ppl FUD self custody ... ► CULTURE: ... it's Bitcoins 14th Birthday and we get ppl on that militant positivity vibe to kick off the year. LFG
Whether it's the Taro upgrade or growth in the Lightning Network, on today's show we're taking a look back on the steady progress Bitcoin has made over the year, courtesy of Cory Klippsten, Tomer Strolight and Sam Callahan of Swan Bitcoin. This is Part 2 of a year-end review of Bitcoin's biggest developments in 2022.Featured Story: The 10 Biggest Developments in Bitcoin in 2022-This episode was edited & produced by Adrian Blust with original music by Doc Blust & Colin Mealey.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Whether it's the Taro upgrade or growth in the Lightning Network, on today's show we're taking a look back on the steady progress Bitcoin has made over the year, courtesy of Cory Klippsten, Tomer Strolight and Sam Callahan of Swan Bitcoin.Featured Story: The 10 Biggest Developments in Bitcoin in 2022-This episode was edited & produced by Adrian Blust with original music by Doc Blust & Colin Mealey.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
What a way to conclude this year. I was proud to host an interview with top-tier investor, entrepreneur, author, founder of Zion and theAmplify, and just an incredibly creative person, Justin Rezvani! Zion is a blockchain platform designed to help creatives share their work and receive compensation for it. We discussed the importance of blockchain technology in the creative world. Justin Rezvani is an individual of remarkable ambition. He has defied the odds to make his mark on the world, striving for excellence in everything he does and embracing success with open arms. His drive and determination have been key inspirations for those around him, showing what can be achieved through hard work and dedication. We discussed a bunch of amusing topics, such as Bitcoin Lightning Network, Bitcoin censorship, Zion from tech and non-tech points of view, and more! If you're interested in learning more about blockchain technology or advancing your career in creatives, be sure to watch this video! Tune in to gain some great knowledge!
James Check (aka Checkmate), on-chain analyst from Glassnode, joins Josh and Dan to talk about the complicated knots Ethereum has drawn itself into, Bitcoin bear market, and Bitcoin's blind spots. WE COVER: Kite Surfing and Football (Soccer) TA and On-Chain Analytics Current Bear Market location Ethereum–its issues after the Merge How Stablecoins affect Ether Steelmanning Bitcoin Checkmate fully divested of Eth ITEMS MENTIONED: Checkmate's “Why the Ethereum merge is a monumental blunder” Lyn Alden's “The Problems with DeFi & Crypto” Lyn Alden's December newsletter Glassnode SHOW SPONSORS: **START9** — Sovereign computing. Take back control of your data. Run a Bitcoin & Lightning node. →Embassy One – A small uncompromising personal server, capable of running BTC Core →Embassy Pro –The most powerful, secure, and reliable private server in the world **SWAN** — The place we choose to buy Bitcoin. Dollar cost average daily, weekly or monthly with a company that's Bitcoin only and encourages you to hold your own private keys. →https://www.swanbitcoin.com/ →For a limited time, Swan is offering Swan Premium to Fire/Police/Military at swan.com/fire **COINKITE** — Industry leaders in Bitcoin security hardware and fun devices, makers of the COLDCARD and other prominent items including OPENDIME, SATSCARD, TAPSIGNER, the SEEDPLATE, COLDPOWER, BLOCKCLOCK MINI & MICRO →PROMO CODE “BCB” FOR DISCOUNT ON COLDCARD →All available at coinkite.com **CROWDHEALTH BTC** — Harness the Power of Bitcoin + Health Care. Join other Bitcoiners on a crowdfunding platform while accumulating Bitcoin in the process. →Bitcoin specific crowd joincrowdhealth.com/bitcoin **CAPITAL LOGISTICS** — Logistics firm specializing in temperature controlled freight. They STACK BITCOIN on their balance sheet! Support Bitcoin Companies! →capitallogisticsllc.com SUPPORT THE BCB PODCAST: —PODCAST 2.0 STREAMING: You can stream us fractions of a cent via Bitcoin sats on the Lightning Network! We are live on Podcast 2.0 apps & wallets, including apps like Breez & Fountain) —TIPS: strike.me/bcb (tips open on Twitter) TWITTER: Follow Checkmate @_checkmatey_ (https://twitter.com/_Checkmatey_) Follow Blue Collar Bitcoin Podcast @Blue_CollarBTC EMAIL: Send questions or comments to bluecollarbitcoinpodcast@gmail.com
IN THIS EPISODE, YOU'LL LEARN:01:36 - What are some of the most important things happening in the Bitcoin space right now?08:18 - Thoughts on paper Bitcoin and the impacts moving forward.14:40 - Thoughts on GBTC discount to NAV.29:19 - Pierre's thoughts on the Taro protocol from Lightning Labs.31:02 - Why are so many people using other network for stable coins right now?40:23 - Why moving stable coins onto the Bitcoin Lightning Network might not be the best use of time.41:05 - Is ETH a regulatory capture at this point?53:56 - Tax Loss Harvesting.58:54 - FASB update to the treatment of Bitcoin on the balance sheet.01:03:17 - Transaction fees in the future.Disclaimer: Slight discrepancies in the timestamps may occur due to podcast platform differences.BOOKS AND RESOURCESMorgen Rochard's Twitter.Morgen Rochard's new book - Bitcoin Personal Finance.Pierre Rochard's Twitter.Pierre's article on Bitcoin fees in the future.Morgen's financial planning company.Morgen and Pierre's Podcast: Bitcoin for Advisors.Related Episode: Talking with Your Advisor About Bitcoin w/ Morgen Rochard - BTC075.Related Episode: Bitcoin Time Stamping w/ Pierre Rochard - BTC095.NEW TO THE SHOW?Check out our We Study Billionaires Starter Packs.Browse through all our episodes (complete with transcripts) here.Try our tool for picking stock winners and managing our portfolios: TIP Finance Tool.Enjoy exclusive perks from our favorite Apps and Services.Stay up-to-date on financial markets and investing strategies through our daily newsletter, We Study Markets.P.S The Investor's Podcast Network is excited to launch a subreddit devoted to our fans in discussing financial markets, stock picks, questions for our hosts, and much more! Join our subreddit r/TheInvestorsPodcast today!SPONSORSMonitor your recovery, sleep, training, and health, with personalized recommendations and coaching feedback with WHOOP. Use code WSB to save 10% off your order today.Invest in high-quality, cash-flowing real estate without all of the hassle with Passive Investing.Get position and investment info for nearly 6,000 Asset Management Companies with Moomoo, Australia's first A.I. powered trading platform. Sign up and fund your moomoo account before October 31 and get $10 for every $100 you deposit. All investment carries risk. AFSL 224 663. T&Cs apply.Get personalized, expert advice that helps you see things clearly with ATB.Have gold and silver shipped directly to your door for you to hold at your home. Get BullionMax's Gold Investor Kit today - 3 ounces of the world's most desirable gold coins, including the Gold American Eagle and Canadian Maple Leaf.In a world of probabilities, trade the possibilities with Pepperstone.If you're a sales professional, get every real time advantage you can get with Sales Navigator. Enjoy 60 days of free trial today.Guess less and sell more with the Number 1 email marketing and automation brand, Intuit Mailchimp.If your business has five or more employees and managed to survive Covid you could be eligible to receive a payroll tax rebate of up to twenty-six thousand dollars per employee. Find out if your business qualifies with Innovation Refunds.Be an Atakama investor today and help protect customer privacy in the face of endlessly growing data breaches.Send, spend, and receive money around the world easily with Wise.Find people with the right experience and invite them to apply to your job. Try ZipRecruiter for FREE today.More wealth, more purpose, or making more of a difference? Commonwealth Private helps you create more of yours - with exceptional service and experts who meticulously tailor opportunities for you.Support our free podcast by supporting our sponsors.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
This episode is sponsored by Nexo.io, Circle and Kraken. On this episode of “Grateful for Bitcoin,” NLW is joined by Voltage cofounder and CEO Graham Krizek. Voltage provides enterprise-grade infrastructure for the Lightning Network. On this episode, Graham and NLW talk about the current state of Lightning and discuss why some of the customers interested in bitcoin might surprise you. Find our guest online: https://twitter.com/gkrizek Nexo Pro allows you to trade on the spot and futures markets with a 50% discount on fees. You always get the best possible prices from all the available liquidity sources and can earn interest or borrow funds as you wait for your next trade. Get started today on pro.nexo.io. - Circle, the sole issuer of the trusted and reliable stablecoin USDC, is our sponsor for today's show. USDC is a fast, cost-effective solution for global payments at internet speeds. Learn how businesses are taking advantage of these opportunities at Circle's USDC Hub for Businesses. - Kraken, the secure, trusted digital asset exchange, is our sponsor for today's show. Kraken makes it easy to instantly buy 185+ cryptocurrencies with fast, flexible funding options. You're covered by industry-leading security and award-winning Client Engagement, available 24/7. Sign up and trade today at kraken.com. - “The Breakdown” is written, produced by and features Nathaniel Whittemore aka NLW, with editing by Michele Musso and research by Scott Hill. Jared Schwartz is our executive producer and our theme music is “Countdown” by Neon Beach. Music behind our sponsors today is "Back To The End" by Strength To Last. Image credit: sarayut Thaneerat /Getty Images, modified by CoinDesk. Join the discussion at discord.gg/VrKRrfKCz8.
In this episode, David is joined by John Light of Sovryn and Eric Wall, who moonlights David on the Bitcoin technical details throughout the interview. The three go over the bull case for ZK-Rollups on Bitcoin. It's undoubtedly the frontier. ------
“Imagine the Lightning Network being very similar to the energy system itself and how it moves money, where every physical node now has its own node in the Lightning Network. And when energy moves in one direction, money moves in the other, basically what we're creating is a system where money can move as fast as energy.”— Austin MitchellAustin Mitchell is the Co-Founder and CEO of Synota. In this interview, we discuss his plan to use the Lightning Network to settle transactions in the energy industry, and how this should bring greater equality to the energy market whilst also enabling the whole energy economy to move to the Lightning Network.- - - - Bitcoin is prospectively the best version of money, worldwide instant payments rail, market-based accelerant for energy production, and energy grid stabiliser. It's infuriating that more people aren't waking up to its potential. Perhaps it's the FUD, the passive damage caused by dysfunction in the crypto industry, or the ignorance of there being bitcoin the money and Bitcoin the network. But Bitcoin's story is still being written; as many keep saying - it's still early. We all know that there are nascent layer 2 innovations that are taking Bitcoin in new directions. But even hardened advocates continue to be amazed at the use cases being developed using Bitcoin's various characteristics. Take the Lightning Network: the game-changing payment protocol. It is the layer that enables Bitcoin to scale. But what does that actually mean? Well, quite a lot. Bitcoin is fast becoming an integral part of the energy industry. In addition to the known functions comes a new one: the Lightning Network's instant settlement facility and distributed payment network is set to transform energy finance. The current system is predicated on old analogue payment processes, full of inefficiencies that unnecessarily bloat costs for producers and consumers. The prize is a real-time payment system that simplifies energy finance whilst enabling greater functionality. It could make the market more flexible, dynamic and equitable. The result could be that it draws the whole energy economy onto the Lightning Network.It's a lightbulb moment given how big that industry is: $4.5 trillion is spent on energy a year. There are additional services that could be included. The lightbulb fuses when you think about what other industries could find similar utility. The lightbulb explodes when you remember Lightning is just one of many layer 2 innovations. We're still so very very early.- - - - This episode's sponsors:Gemini - Buy Bitcoin instantlyLedn - Financial services for Bitcoin hodlersBitcasino - The Future of Gaming is hereFidelity - Careers in cryptoLedger - State of the art Bitcoin hardware walletWasabi Wallet - Privacy by defaultTexas Blockchain Summit - Nov 17-18, 2022 | Austin, TexasBCB Group - Global digital financial Services-----WBD579 - Show Notes-----If you enjoy The What Bitcoin Did Podcast you can help support the show by doing the following:Become a Patron and get access to shows early or help contributeMake a tip:Bitcoin: 3FiC6w7eb3dkcaNHMAnj39ANTAkv8Ufi2SQR Codes: BitcoinIf you do send a tip then please email me so that I can say thank youSubscribe on iTunes | Spotify | Stitcher | SoundCloud | YouTube | Deezer | TuneIn | RSS FeedLeave a review on iTunesShare the show and episodes with your friends and familySubscribe to the newsletter on my websiteFollow me on Twitter Personal | Twitter Podcast | Instagram | Medium | YouTubeIf you are interested in sponsoring the show, you can read more about that here or please feel free to drop me an email to discuss options.