TLS38: John Cantrell on Building Sensei, Lightning Node Implementations, and Emerging Lightning Use Cases
Apr 17 2022 • 1hr 17m
Show Notes
In our conversation, we discussed exactly what Sensei is, Sensei’s relationship to Spiral’s BDK and LDK, the broader Lightning implementation landscape, and emerging payments use cases that could be built on Lightning.
→ Sensei: https://l2.technology/sensei
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Timestamps:
00:00 - Intro
01:07 - John Cantrell Intro
06:35 - Non-Payment Use Cases on Lightning
16:52 - What Is Sensei?
33:06 - Business Models for Lightning Implementations
45:14 - Developers Building on LDK
57:03 - The Impact of Streaming Payments
1:05:16 - Lightning Adoption Successes & Areas for Improvement
1:15:43 - The Lightning Round