Transcript: https://share.descript.com/view/943bc7af-7b71-414a-97aa-30846b4dd009 This is the 29th episode of the Lightning Junkies podcast. In this episode we have Rusty Russell! Rusty is well known for his work at Blockstream on C-Lightning. Prior to Lightning he was a Linux kernel dev. Rusty authored the majority of the Lightning Protocol Specification and has been directly responsible for much of the breakthroughs on Lightning while at Blockstream. We talk about: Rusty’s background Rusty’s la...
May 20, 2020•54 min•Season 2Ep. 29
Transcript: https://share.descript.com/view/a4430c0b-f391-48f2-b2fb-2c797028a758 This is the 28th episode of the Lightning Junkies podcast. In this episode we have Lisa Neigut! Lisa is best known for working at Blockstream, working on their implementation of the Lightning Network called C-Lightning. Most recently at Blockstream, Lisa has been working on a plugin for accounting tools on C-Lightning amongst many other things! We talk about: Lisa backstory as an Android App Developer Lisa’s entranc...
May 06, 2020•39 min•Season 2Ep. 28
This is the 26th episode of the Lightning Junkies podcast. On this episode we have Andreas M. Antonopoulos! Andreas is well known in the Bitcoin world as an evangelist and subject matter expert. He has given speeches and talks for many different conferences, he's even given a talk for the Canadian senate. In this episode, we talk about Lightning topics mostly. Thank you to Fold for sponsoring the podcast, please check them out at https://foldapp.com/ ! Transcript: https://share.descript.com/view...
Apr 22, 2020•26 min•Season 2Ep. 26
Link to transcription: https://share.descript.com/view/f8c50d2c-9cda-4894-b466-4d9351b4f377 This is the 27th episode of the Lightning Junkies podcast. On this episode we have Tim K, he's talking about paywall.link. Paywall.link is a paywall service that uses the Lightning Network as its payment backend. This allows the acceptance of microtransactions. In the episode we talk about: What is paywall.link Use cases of paywalls The struggles of business ownership Cons of paywalls Cons of setting up y...
Apr 22, 2020•37 min•Season 2Ep. 27
Text transcript: https://share.descript.com/view/5406cb49-488a-41a1-b53e-983f14d48437 This is the 25th episode of the Lightning Junkies podcast. On this episode, we have Chris Stewart, founder of Suredbits. Suredbits provides data feeds that you can purchase with Lightning Network transactions. There is much more going on with Suredbits then what otherwise seem apparent, Lightning adoption is very much on their mind and we go into that in this episode. Not only that but I am asked multiple quest...
Mar 10, 2020•51 min•Season 2Ep. 25
This is the 24th episode of the Lightning Junkies podcast, on this episode of the podcast we have Christian Moss. Christian is known for various Lightning Network and Bitcoin related gaming projects. Currently, Christian is working with ZEBEDEE and Nayuta on various projects relating to the Lightning Network. On this episode of the podcast, we talk about: History Getting into Bitcoin First Bitcoin Wallet on iOS ZEBEDEE Games Being Worked On Payments in Games Pre-Bitcoin Lightning vs Freemium Old...
Feb 24, 2020•45 min•Season 2Ep. 24
This is episode 23 of the Lightning Junkies podcast. This is also a joint release alongside my other podcast "What is Real?" Both episodes are both about an hour long and come from a two hour long conversation that was edited down. Rockstardev is a prolific developer who is best known for assisting with BTCPay Server, Zap, and just being an interesting guy with an interesting philosophy. We talk about: Rockstarism History Meaning of Life Reversing Expansion of Universe Are we already in the simu...
Feb 11, 2020•1 hr•Season 2Ep. 23
This is the 22nd episode of the Lightning Junkies podcast, in this episode, we have Lightning Koala, best known for Satoshi's Place. A webpage similar to the "Million Dollar Homepage" or "Reddit Place" where you can only change a pixel at a time, but with the twist of having to pay for pixels with sats. In this episode, we discuss: Background Getting into Bitcoin 21 Bitcoin Computer Bitcoin/Crypto Pitfalls Getting a Job in Crypto Satoshi's Place Revenue for Satoshi's Place Koala Studios Chaincod...
Feb 03, 2020•42 min•Season 2Ep. 22
This is the 21st episode of the Lightning Junkies podcast, in this 21st episode, we have 21isEnough. 21 has created an open source Lightning ATM project that allows you to input coins and get paid for those coins over the Lightning Network. This ATM is currently in a prototype stage as 21 progresses the project.We talk about: 21's Background Dogecoin Dogecoin Similar to Lightning Getting into Bitcoin Getting into Lightning Lightning ATM ATM Prototype Skills Needed to Construct Lightning ATM Livi...
Jan 27, 2020•57 min•Season 2Ep. 21
This is the 20th episode of the Lighting Junkies podcast. (Debuting on 01/20/2020! :O) On this episode, we have Matt Odell, Matt is best known for being a co-host of the Tales from the Crypt podcast. His co-host is Marty Bent. On this special 20th episode of the podcast, Matt talks about a range of topics that intersect Bitcoin and some that don't. In the episode, Matt talks about securing your own oxygen mask first in order to better help others in their Bitcoin adventures. Topics in this episo...
Jan 20, 2020•1 hr 19 min•Season 2Ep. 20
This is the nineteenth episode of the Lightning Junkies podcast. On this episode of the podcast, we have Evan Kaloudis from Zeus wallet. Zeus is a mobile app on both iOS and Android that allows users to connect to a remote node over Tor(or not). Rather than using a light client running only on the mobile device, accessing a remote node allows routing computation to be done off device. In this episode we talk about: Background Getting into Bitcoin Occupy Wall Street Bitcoin Politics Dogecoin Ligh...
Jan 13, 2020•49 min•Season 2Ep. 19
This is the eighteenth episode of the Lightning Junkies podcast. On this episode of the podcast, we have Daniel Goldman talking about Bitcoin and Ethereum layer two constructions. He spends the first half of the podcast laying out the first layer two constructions, nuances of the various constructions and more! The second half of the episode, we generally contrast Bitcoin, Ethereum, and talk about Lightning at various points too. We talk about: Background and Bitcoin Understanding Bitcoin/Ethere...
Jan 08, 2020•1 hr 30 min•Season 1Ep. 18
In this short seventeenth episode of the Lightning Junkies podcast, we have just Chaz giving some tips for some newbies talking on the Lightning Network and the various services to try/use. If you aren't a newbie, you probably won't get much out of this episode. Not sure how I feel about this episode. Please provide feedback on this episode. Apps mentioned: Cash App Sparkswap Fold Bitrefill Moon Zeus Joule Escher Zap/Olympus Sats 4 Likes Sponsor the podcast with Bitcoin on-chain or over the Ligh...
Dec 23, 2019•7 min•Season 1Ep. 17
This is the sixteenth episode of the Lightning Junkies podcast. In this episode we have Will O'Beirne best known for his Joule Lightning Wallet browser extension. Joule is a browser extension that allows you to access a remote LND node and do things such as create or pay invoices. Will has also created other apps and has created a tutorial to create your own Lightning web app. On this episode, we talk about: Starting in Ethereum Why Bitcoin? Ethereum Waste of Time? Early Bitcoin Projects First P...
Dec 16, 2019•1 hr 7 min•Season 1Ep. 16
This is the fifteenth episode of the Lightning Junkies podcast. In this episode we have Roy Sheinfeld from Breez Technology. Breez is an Android non-custodial Lightning "wallet" (Roy wouldn't like me calling it that) that has a streamlined UX that attempts to onboard users or allow as efficient as possible usage while within the app while not being custodial. Breez does things like having a single balance, submarine swaps, and automatic inbound liquidity is provided by Breez that acts as a LSP (...
Dec 09, 2019•52 min•Season 1Ep. 15
This is the fourteenth episode of the Lightning Junkies podcast. In this episode we have pseudozach from Kriptode. Kriptode is a catalogue of various apps that Zach has created including Bit Alarm, XLM to LN, Sats 4 Likes, and more! On this episode, we talk about: Background Getting into Bitcoin Lightning World Kriptode XLM to LN Bit Alarm Bottle Pay API Integration Sats 4 Likes Abusively gaming Apps Balnr Balancing Channels for Routing Nodes Challenges of Developing on Lightning Upsides of Deve...
Dec 02, 2019•54 min•Season 1Ep. 14
This is the thirteenth episode of the Lightning Junkies podcast. In this episode we have Daniel Alexiuc from Living Room of Satoshi/Wallet of Satoshi, Living Room of Satoshi is an Australian service that allows Australians to pay their bills using Bitcoin and Bitcoin over Lightning. Wallet of Satoshi is a custodial Lightning wallet that allows you to do both on-chain and off-chain Bitcoin transactions. On this episode, we talk about: Daniel's Background Bitcoin Ethos Wallet of Satoshi Being Cust...
Nov 25, 2019•50 min•Season 1Ep. 13
This is the twelfth episode of the Lightning Junkies podcast. In this episode, we have Ragnar Lifthrasir from Guns N' Bitcoin. Guns N' Bitcoin is a company that sells some products related to (surprisingly) guns and Bitcoin, including their scorpion case. Ragnar previously had an issue getting Lightning working for Guns N' Bitcoin and it has caused him to criticize it on Twitter previously because of that, I wanted to get him on the show to share his thoughts about this technology. This is the s...
Nov 18, 2019•52 min•Season 1Ep. 12
This is Episode Eleven of the Lightning Junkies podcast. In this episode, we have Shinobi talking about why Lightning sucks and why nobody should use it. This is a trolly title went to exaggerate what I expected Shinobi to talk about. He ends up having a very balanced opinion on Lightning, even possibly seeing it as the future of Lightning. This is 1 of 2 episode series based on being skeptical of Lightning and exploring arguments against it. Stay tuned for next week when we have 2 of 2 of this ...
Nov 11, 2019•1 hr 14 min•Season 1Ep. 11
In this tenth episode of the podcast, we have Ruben Somsen talking about Statechains. Statechains are another layer two technology that uses the trading of entire UTXOs to save block-space on the base layer of Bitcoin. Ruben is also the founder of the Seoul Bitcoin Meetup and a co-host on the Unhashed Podcast . In this episode, we discuss: Ruben's Background Seoul Bitcoin Meetup Unhashed Podcast Statechains Statechains and Lightning Eltoo Channel Factories On-chain Scaling Transaction Fees Centr...
Nov 04, 2019•1 hr 17 min•Season 1Ep. 10
This is the ninth episode of the Lightning Junkies podcast. In this episode, I talk solo about my experience travelling to Berlin for the Lightning Network conference. Sponsor the podcast with Bitcoin on-chain or over the Lightning Network: http://crowdfund.lightningjunkies.net Tip me on Tippin.me: https://tippin.me/@LNJunkies Tip me on Bottle Pay: https://btl.to/@LNJunkies If you wish to contribute in fiat, you can use the Anchor.fm subscription feature. Follow my Lightning Network blog series:...
Oct 30, 2019•10 min•Season 1Ep. 9
This is the eighth episode of the Lightning Junkies podcast. In this episode, we have Joe who created and runs Pollofeed.com. Pollofeed is a way to experience micropayments on the Lightning Network, you pay 1000 sats to feed chickens in real time via a webcam. We discuss: How Joe got into Bitcoin/Lightning How did Pollofeed start? Difficulties using LN Favorite Lightning App Chickens Pollofeed's Twitter: https://twitter.com/pollofeed Pollofeed's Website: https://pollofeed.com/ Sponsor the podcas...
Oct 28, 2019•37 min•Season 1Ep. 8
This is the seventh episode of the Lightning Junkies podcast. In this episode, we have Giacomo Zucco talking about RGB, Spectrum, and Storm. RGB is a protocol to create additional layers on top of other networks/protocols like Bitcoin, the Lightning Network, sidechains, and state channels. Spectrum is an extension to RGB to allow liquidity functions on top of the Lightning Network. Storm is a file storage and messaging protocol on top of the Lightning Network. These protocols allow for Layer 3 f...
Oct 21, 2019•32 min•Season 1Ep. 7
Six episode of the Lightning Junkies Podcast. In this episode, I interview Michael Folkson from London Bitcoin Devs. Michael joins me this week to talk about the two Lightning Conference side events that he organized and we also talk about other topics. In this episode we explore: Michael's Background Bitcoin Startup Getting into Bitcoin LN Conf/Side Events Socratic Seminars Philosophy Schnorr, Taproot, Tapscript Eltoo Reasons to be Skeptical of Lightning Hyperbitcoinization Michael's Twitter: h...
Oct 14, 2019•42 min•Season 1Ep. 6
This is the first episode of the Jolt version of the podcast -- episodes that will last between 15-30 minutes in length in order to allow people with smaller amounts of time to get some good Lightning content. These episodes will be focused around devs working on Lightning Network apps or services. For the first episode of the Jolt episodes, we have Ross from Lightning Gifts. Lightning Gifts is a way to pay people over Lightning Network without waiting for them to create an invoice -- by using B...
Oct 11, 2019•31 min•Season 1Ep. 1
Fifth episode of the Lightning Junkies Podcast. In this episode, I interview Gui Gomes from OpenNode/Laaps. OpenNode is a Bitcoin only payment processor that allows payments on base-chain Bitcoin as well as Bitcoin over the Lightning Network. Laaps is a directory of the best Lightning Network apps in the space. In this episode we explore: Rui's Background Lightning Spin OpenNode Reasons to be skeptical about Lightning KYC on OpenNode OpenNode vs Bitpay Laaps (Lightning Apps) Newbies starting on ...
Oct 07, 2019•1 hr 4 min•Season 1Ep. 5
Forth episode of the Lightning Junkies Podcast. In this episode, I interview Trey Griffith from Sparkswap. Sparkswap Desktop is a piece of software that allows you instantly purchase Bitcoin on the Lightning Network using USD using ACH. In this episode we explore: Trey's Background Sparkswap Desktop KYC AnchorUSD Future of Sparkswap Lightning Network Conference Challenges with LN LNBIG Private Channels Worries about Regulation Trey's Twitter: https://twitter.com/tgriff3 Sparkswap's Twitter: http...
Sep 30, 2019•41 min•Season 1Ep. 4
Third episode of the Lightning Junkies Podcast. In this episode, I interview John Carvalho from Bitrefill. Bitrefill is an e-commerce platform that allows users to purchase gift cards, prepaid phone refills, and Lightning Network services. Users can pay for these products/services using Bitcoin and the Lightning Network. In this episode we explore: John's Background Silk Road John's Interview with Roger Ver from 2017 Closed Loop Economies Privacy of the Lightning Network Bitrefill Webcam Industr...
Sep 23, 2019•51 min•Season 1Ep. 3
Second episode of the Lightning Junkies Podcast In this episode, I interview Will Reeves from Fold/LN Pizza. Fold and LN Pizza are a way to spend your Bitcoin at various merchants as well as earn Bitcoin back for purchases. They allow you to use Bitcoin on-chain or off-chain with the Lightning Network. LN Pizza *only* accepts Lightning Network payments. Fold has a feature where you can earn up to 20% back as Bitcoin at various merchants. In this episode we explore: Will's Background Will's First...
Sep 16, 2019•40 min•Season 1Ep. 2
First episode of the Lightning Junkies Podcast In this episode, I interview Ken Kruger from Moon. Moon is a Google Chrome extension that allows you to make purchases on Amazon with the Lightning Network using a very clean UX. Ken joins me to talk about Moon, the Lightning Network, and Bitcoin generally. Moon's Links: Moon's Twitter: https://twitter.com/paywithmoon Moon's Website: https://paywithmoon.com/ Lightning Junkies Links: Sponsor the podcast with Bitcoin or Lightning Network: http://crowd...
Sep 02, 2019•39 min•Season 1Ep. 1
