In this episode for Lightning Month, I talk with Dan Robinson from Paradigm. We discuss his criticism of HTLCs, why they are harmful and why packetised payments would be a better design for the Lightning Network.
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In this episode for Lightning Month, I talk with Peter Rizun from Bitcoin Unlimited. We discuss why Peter supports on-chain scaling and his Five Fundamental Flaws of The Lightning Network, including issues such as how small payments are not trustless and how high layer 1 fees impact layer 2.
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In this episode for Lightning Month, I talk with Nic Carter and Pierre Rochard about the economics of The Lightning Network. We discuss the fee market, the future of the block subsidy and whether base chain fees will lead to a two-tier Bitcoin.
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In this episode for Lightning Month, I talk with Nic Carter and Pierre Rochard about the economics of The Lightning Network. We discuss the fee market, the future of the block subsidy and whether base chain fees will lead to a two-tier Bitcoin.
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In this episode for Lightning Month, I talk with Jack Mallers, founder of the Zap Lightning wallet. We discuss design and UX, the progress of Lightning, design and security, the problem with custodial wallets and Zap.
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In this episode for Lightning Month, I talk with Christian Decker from Blockstream. We discuss the competing whitepapers, how the various teams collaborate on Lightning, how payment channels work and upcoming dev projects.
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In this episode, I talk with Bitcoin Core developer, Matt Corallo. We discuss how Bitcoin works, covering topics such as the Lightning Network, fungibility and inflation. We also talk about issues important to Matt such as BetterHash and adoption.
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In this episode, I talk with Jameson Lopp, my first returning guest. Jameson recently left BitGo to work on custody solutions at Casa. In this interview, we talk about Casa, their approach to security, Bitcoin scaling and the Lightning Network.
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In this episode, I talk with Samson Mow, Chief Strategy Officer at Blockstream. We talk about censorship, Bitcoin scaling and the Lightning Network, explicitly looking at fees and the relationship between LN and the Bitcoin main chain.
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