Lightning Junkies
The Lightning Network is a payment network using Bitcoin as its sole asset. This podcast is dedicated to the topic of Bitcoin Lightning and how it might provide ultimate financial freedom for as many people on planet Earth as possible. "The podcast to get your Lightning fix!"
Education
Building THNDR with Jack Everitt and Desiree Dickerson - LNJ053
In this episode we chat with Jack Everitt and Desire...
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Mar 23 2022 1h 14m
Chapter 1 2 mins
Catching Up with JackChapter 2 8 mins
Getting to know DesireeChapter 3 6 mins
Big Changes at THNDRChapter 4 1 min
Bitcoin BounceChapter 5 1 min
The Raffle TechniqueChapter 6 43 sec
Turbo 84Chapter 7 2 mins
nbsp;THNDR BayChapter 8 1 min
Game Design ChoicesChapter 9 3 mins
How to Counteract Over-PromisingChapter 10 6 mins
Financing and FootgunningChapter 11 9 mins
Asset Packs and MoralsChapter 12 5 mins
Future Plans at THNDRChapter 13 5 mins
The Video Game TangentChapter 14 4 mins
LNURLChapter 15 2 mins
ZEBEDEEChapter 16 3 mins
Monetizing THNDR GamesChapter 17 1 min
NEW GAME ANNOUNCEMENT!!Chapter 18 5 mins
Maintaining Multiple Games
Making Escrow More Decentralized with Evan, Jestopher and Chaz #LightningFriday 1/28/2022
Welcome! This is #LightningFriday where we get toget...
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Feb 1 2022 2h 6m
Chapter 1 1 min
IntroChapter 2 8 mins
CapacityChapter 3 1 min
What is Lightning Escrow?Chapter 4 7 mins
Pain Points and Downsides of the Escrow MarketChapter 5 6 mins
Decentralized EscrowChapter 6 4 mins
Collaborative CustodyChapter 7 10 mins
Time LocksChapter 8 4 mins
OpenbazaarChapter 9 2 mins
Long Term Plans?Chapter 10 6 mins
Where is Lightning Escrow in the Development Process?Chapter 11 8 mins
Why will Lightning Escrow Fail?Chapter 12 7 mins
Stealing Secret SauceChapter 13 5 mins
Lightning Junkies, Zeus, AmbossChapter 14 43 mins
AOPP / Open DiscussionChapter 15 3 mins
Closing Comments
Celebrating Four Years of Lightning with Guy Swann, Evan, and Chaz #LightningFriday 1/14/2022
Welcome! This is #LightningFriday where we get toget...
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Jan 17 2022 2h 24m
Chapter 1 10 mins
Music/IntroductionsChapter 2 2 mins
Outlining the TalkChapter 3 26 mins
What are the early origins of Lightning Network?Chapter 4 3 mins
What were later developments around 2013?Chapter 5 6 mins
Transaction Mailability before SegwitChapter 6 11 mins
Lightning in 2017 SegwitChapter 7 8 mins
Lightning in 2018 The First Mainnet TransactionChapter 8 9 mins
Hierarchical Backups with Lightning Wallets?Chapter 9 10 mins
Lightning Torch in 2018Chapter 10 12 mins
Public Capacity and Node Growth 2018-2022Chapter 11 21 mins
Lightning Onboarding TalesChapter 12 17 mins
Q&A ChainalysisChapter 13 2 mins
Calls to ActionChapter 14 2 mins
Closing Notes  
Chainalysis on Lightning Network #LightningFriday 12/17/2021 with Jestopher and Chaz
This episode of the podcast is a #LightningFriday li...
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Dec 20 2021 1h 41m
Lightning Address: Making Lightning User Friendly with André Neves and Fiatjaf - LNJ052
Transcript:
This is the 52nd episode on Lightning Ju...
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Dec 9 2021 1h 27m
Chapter 1 3 mins
IntroductionsChapter 2 4 mins
André’s BackgroundChapter 3 5 mins
What is ZEBEDEE?Chapter 4 4 mins
ZEBEDEE’s CentralizationChapter 5 1 min
Dogfooding with ZEBEDEEChapter 6 2 mins
Implementing Infuse CSGOChapter 7 1 min
Infuse CSGO ActivityChapter 8 2 mins
What is MintGox?Chapter 9 2 mins
What is Lightning Address?Chapter 10 3 mins
How to get a Lightning Address?Chapter 11 8 mins
Is Lightning Address Worth the Effort?Chapter 12 8 mins
Bolt12/OffersChapter 13 13 mins
LNURL Future ProspectsChapter 14 11 mins
Long Term Vision for Lightning AddressChapter 15 12 mins
Profound Lightning Question
LNbits: Extending the Lightning Stack with Ben Arc - LNJ051
Transcript: https://sicksub.network/LNJ051Transcript...
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Nov 24 2021 1h 28m
Chapter 1 1 min
IntroChapter 2 4 mins
A Prolific CreatorChapter 3 5 mins
The Start of Ben ArcChapter 4 3 mins
How to Choose a ProjectChapter 5 6 mins
Sci-Fi WeirdosChapter 6 4 mins
Ben’s Opinion on Bolt12Chapter 7 1 min
AMP InvoicesChapter 8 9 mins
What is LNbits?Chapter 9 4 mins
DJ Livestream tippingChapter 10 6 mins
LNDHubChapter 11 4 mins
Extension Lightning RoundChapter 12 10 mins
The Future of LNbitsChapter 13 4 mins
How can YOU help the Lightning Network?Chapter 14 14 mins
The Idea TangentChapter 15 7 mins
Excitement for the Future
Bolt12/Offers for Content Creators with Rusty Russell and Stephan Livera #LightningFriday 08/13/21
Note: This is a special live podcast session done on...
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Nov 9 2021 1h 44m
Node Operations and Management with Voltage #LightningFriday 10/29/21
This episode of the podcast is a #LightningFriday fr...
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Nov 4 2021 1h 50m
Chapter 1 5 mins
Opening RemarksChapter 2 1 min
Voltage Team Introduces ThemselvesChapter 3 3 mins
What is Voltage?  Chapter 4 2 mins
Can you trust Voltage?  Chapter 5 9 mins
What challenges would a new user experience?  Chapter 6 4 mins
What challenges would a business experience?  Chapter 7 4 mins
Is Flow suitable for larger businesses?  Chapter 8 11 mins
Why is BTC Pay Server warning people about Lightning Network?  Chapter 9 2 mins
Is Voltage going to in the Bitcoin Lightning stack for a business?Chapter 10 2 mins
Anticipatory Projects  Chapter 11 1 min
Are there advantages to having more than one node?  Chapter 12 2 mins
The Controversial part: Why sidecar? Why not Liquidity ads?  Chapter 13 4 mins
Why LND?Chapter 14 5 mins
nbsp;- Thoughts on Liquidity ads?  Chapter 15 7 mins
How is UX friendliness growing the Lightning Network?  Chapter 16 2 mins
When is Voltage adding LNURL-Auth?  Chapter 17 2 mins
What about Voltage can be improved?Chapter 18 1 min
Do you see Voltage changing over time?Chapter 19 1 min
Why does Voltage suck? How could it improve?  Chapter 20 2 mins
Geographic Diversification of Voltage Cloud Infrastructure  Chapter 21 2 mins
What is the future of the Lightning Network?  Chapter 22 1 min
Has Voltage built any monitoring infrastructure?  Chapter 23
The Future of VoltageChapter 24 4 mins
Lightning Address  Chapter 25 3 mins
What are you excited about in LN?Chapter 26 1 min
When is the new version of BTCPay Server making it to Voltage?  Chapter 27 8 mins
How do we feel about LN as a data layer?  Chapter 28 8 mins
nbsp;- How to make Lightning Network a data layer while protecting against spam?
Bootstrapping the Future Internet with Impervious.ai - LNJ050
Transcript: https://sicksub.network/LNJ050Transcript...
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Sep 23 2021 1h 3m
Chapter 1 1 min
IntroChapter 2 3 mins
A Lighter NoteChapter 3 1 min
Chase’s Background in BTCChapter 4 1 min
Anthony Background in BTC and LNChapter 5 1 min
Chase and Lightning, A Beginners TaleChapter 6 2 mins
Impervious Reason for BeingChapter 7 5 mins
Impervious/LN and Centralized ContentChapter 8 5 mins
Anthony explains PoC with AMP ProjectChapter 9 4 mins
In-Band vs Out of BandChapter 10 4 mins
Are there times when in-band is far more useful?Chapter 11 4 mins
Hackathon Winners The World ComputerChapter 12 2 mins
Bitswarm, Intentiving TorrentsChapter 13 2 mins
Goss P2P Gossip Chat RoomChapter 14 2 mins
Pseudozach and the Red PhoneChapter 15 1 min
Discord BotChapter 16 2 mins
The Future of Social Media with the Bitcoin StackChapter 17 4 mins
What are the Arguments Against Impervious?Chapter 18 3 mins
Anthony’s Lightning Privacy ArticleChapter 19 2 mins
LN Privacy PTLCs(Point Time Lock Contracts)Chapter 20 3 mins
Future of LN
Jumpstarting the Circular Economy in El Salvador with Nicolas Burtey - LNJ049
Transcript: https://sicksub.network/LNJ049Transcript...
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Sep 7 2021 49m
Chapter 1 1 min
IntroChapter 2 2 mins
Nicolas’ intro to BTC/LightningChapter 3 1 min
VR vs Lightning NetworkChapter 4 2 mins
Developing on Frontier TechnologiesChapter 5 2 mins
Grassroots Movement vs CorporateChapter 6 2 mins
Created First CompanyChapter 7 4 mins
Galoy Wallet PhilosophyChapter 8 2 mins
Local ReceptionChapter 9 43 sec
Lightning Network Circular EconomiesChapter 10 2 mins
Resistance to Lightning OnboardingChapter 11 1 min
Internet Penetration in El SalvadorChapter 12 2 mins
El Salvador, what has changed since Bitcoin 2021?Chapter 13 2 mins
Concerns about Chivo WalletChapter 14 2 mins
Privacy ConcernsChapter 15 2 mins
What does privacy look like on the Bitcoin Beach Wallet?Chapter 16 3 mins
How to improve Lightning UX?Chapter 17 2 mins
Will the Circular Economy Make Sense?Chapter 18 3 mins
Call to ActionChapter 19 1 min
Positive PathChapter 20 2 mins
Negative Path
Richard Myers Discusses Lot49: Lightning Network on Meshnets - LNJ048
Transcript: https://sicksub.network/LNJ048Transcript...
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Aug 18 2021 1h 7m
Chapter 1 1 min
Background of the EpisodeChapter 2 4 mins
Getting into Bitcoin/GoTennaChapter 3 3 mins
What is the GoTenna?Chapter 4 1 min
Lightning Network as an Analogy for MeshnetsChapter 5 2 mins
Global Mesh LabsChapter 6 5 mins
Incentive System for MeshnetsChapter 7 2 mins
What is Lot49?Chapter 8 3 mins
Is Lot49 ready?Chapter 9 3 mins
Does Lot49 scale?Chapter 10 2 mins
Mesh Network Routing Nodes?Chapter 11 2 mins
Future of Lot49/MeshnetsChapter 12 2 mins
Would Eltoo make Lot49 better or more usable?Chapter 13 5 mins
Multiparty channels aka Channel FactoriesChapter 14 2 mins
Mesh networks/Lot49 as a Hard SellChapter 15 3 mins
Meshnets for Adversarial EnvironmentsChapter 16 6 mins
How can people contribute to Lot49?Chapter 17 5 mins
Transaction Types for EltooChapter 18 1 min
Future of MeshnetsChapter 19 43 sec
Disintermediate the State? Decentralize all the things?Chapter 20 4 mins
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Christian Decker Explores Channel Factories - LNJ047
Transcript: https://sicksub.network/LNJ047Transcript...
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Jul 28 2021 1h 23m
Chapter 1 5 mins
IntroChapter 2 2 mins
Christian Transitioning from BTC to Lightning NetworkChapter 3 15 mins
The Evolution of the Lightning NetworkChapter 4 6 mins
Multiparty Channels/Channel FactoriesChapter 5 3 mins
Schnorr/Signature Aggregations Oh my!Chapter 6 2 mins
Are Channel Factories where we are headed?Chapter 7 5 mins
Would Channel Factories help with privacy?Chapter 8 3 mins
Multiparty Channel Trust and ComplicationsChapter 9 53 sec
Will Bitcoin’s Block Size be increased?Chapter 10 3 mins
Reasons why a layered approach is taken vs Block Size IncreaseChapter 11 2 mins
Low Bandwidth Mesh NetworksChapter 12 6 mins
Use Case for MeshnetsChapter 13 6 mins
Lightning Network PrivacyChapter 14 10 mins
Other Privacy EnchanmentsChapter 15 1 min
The Pessimistic OutlookChapter 16 2 mins
The OptimisticChapter 17 4 mins
Call to Action
Rusty Russell & Fiatjaf - Exploring Worlds of Lightning Development - OTC - LNJ046
Transcript: https://sicksub.network/LNJ046Transcript...
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Jul 14 2021 1h 8m
Chapter 1 4 mins
LNURLChapter 2 4 mins
Lightning Network as a Messaging LayerChapter 3 3 mins
How do you determine the speed of development?Chapter 4 12 mins
BIP Style System for LN App Layer DevelopmentChapter 5 8 mins
Rusty and Liquid Network SidechainChapter 6 13 mins
ANYPREVOUT and EltooChapter 7 6 mins
Call(s) to ActionChapter 8 3 mins
Negative Outlook for Lightning NetworkChapter 9 8 mins
Positive Outlook for Lightning Network
Ruben Somsen Discusses ANYPREVOUT & Eltoo - LNJ045
Transcript: https://sicksub.network/LNJ045Transcript...
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Jun 30 2021 1h 2m
Chapter 1 4 mins
BIP118Chapter 2 4 mins
Downsides of ANYPREVOUTChapter 3 1 min
EltooChapter 4 3 mins
Penalty TransactionsChapter 5 7 mins
Channel FactoriesChapter 6 1 min
Lot 49Chapter 7 1 min
Fees on APOChapter 8 1 min
Layered CommitmentsChapter 9 2 mins
Mercury WalletChapter 10 3 mins
LN on StatechainsChapter 11 2 mins
FederationsChapter 12 5 mins
How would governance work in federations?Chapter 13 5 mins
SpacechainsChapter 14 1 min
Spacechains Use CaseChapter 15 13 mins
nbsp; Spacechains on LN?!?!
Exploring RGB with Giacomo Zucco - LNJ044
Transcript: https://sicksub.network/LNJ044Transcript...
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May 14 2021 1h 13m
Chapter 1 3 mins
IntroChapter 2 5 mins
What is RGB?Chapter 3 6 mins
Why RGB?Chapter 4 1 min
Would RGB work better with Eltoo/SIGHASH_ANYPREVOUT?Chapter 5 9 mins
Transaction Fees on Bitcoin/ Could RGB become the new transacting layer because of on-chain fees?Chapter 6 7 mins
Counterparty/OmniChapter 7 10 mins
OmniBolt: What is it? How does it work?Chapter 8 55 sec
RGB Elevator PitchChapter 9 3 mins
RBG WeaknessesChapter 10 8 mins
Why should we care about USDT/Tether?Chapter 11 5 mins
Giacomo’s DisclaimerChapter 12 2 mins
What can YOU do to explore RGB?Chapter 13 3 mins
Final Call to ActionChapter 14 2 mins
RGB vs LNChapter 15 1 min
What Giacomo’s working
The Effects of Bitcoin Fees on Lightning - OTC - LNJ043
Transcript: Coming Soon!
This is the 43rd episode of...
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May 3 2021 39m
Chapter 1 47 sec
IntroChapter 2 4 mins
Thundr Games’ Experience with LightningChapter 3 2 mins
Phoenix Wallet IssuesChapter 4 4 mins
Concerns of Recommending a Custodial WalletChapter 5 2 mins
Unsustainable Wallet ModelsChapter 6 2 mins
User Acquisition CostChapter 7 4 mins
Proactive vs Reactive in relation to Transaction FeesChapter 8 2 mins
Lightning Wallet Idea that has a $250-$500 minimum depositChapter 9 2 mins
UX of Lightning Network vs Bitcoin CashChapter 10 4 mins
KYC as FrictionChapter 11 1 min
Bitcoin Transaction Fees as a ProblemChapter 12 2 mins
Planning ahead for higher Bitcoin FeesChapter 13 2 mins
Future of Bitcoin and Lightning Network
Lightning Network for BlockHeads - Jolt02
In this episode, we broadly go into why Lightning is...
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Apr 14 2021 24m
Chapter 1 57 sec
IntroChapter 2 2 mins
Why Lightning Network?Chapter 3 1 min
“Lightning Network is just a very smart way of using Bitcoin.”Chapter 4 53 sec
What are Satoshis/Sats?Chapter 5 1 min
Custodial Wallet Section Blue WalletChapter 6 2 mins
Middle Shelf Wallet Phoenix WalletChapter 7 2 mins
Non-custodial Wallet ZeusChapter 8 55 sec
Where can I get my first Bitcoin? Cash AppChapter 9 47 sec
Onboarding to Lightning (US) Strike/BitrefillChapter 10 43 sec
Onboarding to Lightning (US) River FinancialChapter 11 30 sec
Onboarding to Lightning (UK) BottlePayChapter 12 19 sec
Onboarding to Lightning (UK) CoinCornerChapter 13 18 sec
Onboarding to Lightning (EU) LastBitChapter 14 35 sec
Exchanges supporting Bitcoin Lightning NetworkChapter 15 1 min
Spending over Bitcoin Lightning FoldChapter 16 59 sec
Spending over Bitcoin Lightning BitrefillChapter 17 1 min
Lightning Gaming ZEBEDEE (Infuse)Chapter 18 1 min
Earning Bitcoin over LightningChapter 19 2 mins
Wrapping Up
Jamal James Discusses Onboarding Devs to Lightning Network - LNJ042
Transcript: https://sicksub.network/LNJ042Transcript...
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Mar 18 2021 50m
Chapter 1 2 mins
IntroChapter 2 3 mins
Jamal’s BackgroundChapter 3 6 mins
Jamal’s intro to BTCChapter 4 2 mins
Ethereum vs Bitcoin: A Developer's PerspectiveChapter 5 2 mins
Jamal’s Intro to LightningChapter 6 5 mins
PolarChapter 7 40 sec
The First ReleaseChapter 8 57 sec
The ResponseChapter 9 1 min
Who is Polar for?Chapter 10 45 sec
The Future of PolarChapter 11 2 mins
Call to ActionChapter 12 2 mins
The Transition to Lightning LabsChapter 13 2 mins
Jamal’s Role at Lightning LabsChapter 14 4 mins
The Future at Lightning LabsChapter 15 1 min
The Marketing of LightningChapter 16 1 min
Lightning Network Elevator PitchChapter 17 1 min
Day one of LightningChapter 18 4 mins
The Future of Lightning
Jestopher Warns of Griefing Vulnerability on Lightning Network - LNJ041
Transcript: https://sicksub.network/LNJ041Transcript...
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Feb 10 2021 45m
Chapter 1 3 mins
Jestopher’s intro to BTCChapter 2 2 mins
What is Satbase? Who is it for?Chapter 3 6 mins
The Profits of running a routing nodeChapter 4 1 min
Insights into LightningChapter 5 5 mins
Griefing Attack, the Who and the WhyChapter 6 5 mins
Possible Mitigations of Said Griefing AttackChapter 7 3 mins
Jestopher’s Favorite Toys on LightningChapter 8 4 mins
Where is Lightning going?Chapter 9 2 mins
Layer Three PotentialChapter 10 3 mins
Jestopher’s FutureChapter 11 3 mins
Routing Noob Tips
Suheb Talks RTL and Bitcoin Ethos - LNJ040
Transcript: sicksub.network/LNJ040Transcript
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Jan 27 2021 51m
Chapter 1 2 mins
IntroChapter 2 5 mins
Suheb’s intro to BTCChapter 3 2 mins
Self sovereignty in BitcoinChapter 4 4 mins
The future of shitcoinsChapter 5 2 mins
Threats to BTCChapter 6 3 mins
The Bitcoin PriceChapter 7 7 mins
Lightning Capacity and adoption over timeChapter 8 3 mins
RTL: What it is, what it does, who is it for?Chapter 9 4 mins
RebalancingChapter 10 1 min
The future of RTLChapter 11 1 min
The hidden Gems of RTLChapter 12 11 mins
The beginnings of RTL
JD and Dean Talk NFTs and Microtransactions - LNJ039
Transcript: https://sicksub.network/LNJ039_Transcrip...
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Nov 6 2020 1h 24m
Chapter 1 2 mins
Background Chapter 2 9 mins
VRChapter 3 4 mins
/Chapter 4 4 mins
NFTs and Counterparty Chapter 5 2 mins
RGB Chapter 6 8 mins
Sparkshot Chapter 7 2 mins
Future Feasibility of Microtransactions on Lightning Network Chapter 8 5 mins
Moneysocket Chapter 9 2 mins
Bolt13 / Superinvoices Chapter 10 5 mins
Developing on Lightning Network as an Individual? Chapter 11 15 mins
Future of Moneysocket Chapter 12 15 mins
Bitcoiner Ideology
Pavel Dolzhenko Talks Lightning Network Onboarding in Canada - LNJ038
Transcript: https://sicksub.network/LNJ038_Transcrip...
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Oct 21 2020 1h 12m
Chapter 1 10 mins
BackgroundChapter 2 1 min
E-TransfersChapter 3 1 min
Is there a downside to having no minimums?Chapter 4 1 min
How does the process of onboarding International Users differ from Canadians?Chapter 5 5 mins
Do you plan to expand to international users?Chapter 6 3 mins
How can we get people to see the usefulness of Lightning?Chapter 7 3 mins
Challenges of getting noobs into BitcoinChapter 8 4 mins
How are we going to get Bitcoin to be mainstream?Chapter 9 7 mins
Future of Bitcoin going?Chapter 10 1 min
Volatility of the price of BitcoinChapter 11 3 mins
The future of Lightning NetworkChapter 12 1 min
FUDChapter 13 5 mins
Paypal vs. Lightning NetworkChapter 14 13 mins
How to combat FUD
Mario Havel Talks Bitcoin Lightning Onboarding - LNJ037
Transcription: sicksub.network/LNJ037_transcript&nbs...
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Oct 7 2020 40m
Chapter 1 3 mins
Background of Paralelni PolisChapter 2 8 mins
Parallel EconomyChapter 3 51 sec
Integrating LightningChapter 4 1 min
Who is Lightning Network for?Chapter 5 4 mins
Onboarding with Lightning vs OnchainChapter 6 2 mins
The Ethical Dilemma of Recommending a Custodial Wallet to a NoobChapter 7 1 min
The Lightning Arc Chapter 8 4 mins
Why Should You Run a Full Node?Chapter 9 2 mins
Best Practices for Onboarding Someone to Lightning NetworkChapter 10 1 min
nbsp; - Darknet Markets and Their Practical UseChapter 11 4 mins
Darknet Market Built on Lightning Network
Alex Bosworth Talks Routing Nodes - LNJ036
Transcript: sicksub.network/LNJ036_Transcript
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Sep 23 2020 50m
Chapter 1 6 mins
Alex’s BackgroundChapter 2 2 mins
What a Lightning Infrastructure Lead doesChapter 3 2 mins
Bos ScoreChapter 4 7 mins
Routing TipsChapter 5 1 min
Lightning Labs new interfaceChapter 6 1 min
Channel BalancingChapter 7 3 mins
Opening ChannelsChapter 8 7 mins
Multipath PaymentsChapter 9 1 min
Future Vision with Alex BosworthChapter 10 9 sec
Lighting ConsChapter 11 1 min
Is Lightning Safe?Chapter 12 1 min
Hopes and Dreams for the Lightning NetworkChapter 13 1 min
Lightning Network GrowthChapter 14 3 mins
WBTCChapter 15 2 mins
Shitcoin and Lightning HypeChapter 16 4 mins
What can you do for the Lightning Network?
Ankur and Michael talk Boltz Exchange - LNJ035
Transcript: sicksub.network/LNJ035_transcript
This i...
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Aug 28 2020 56m