TLS48: Michael Levin on Lightning Labs, Bitcoin & Lightning Adoption, and Taro
May 28 2022 • 1hr 42m
Show Notes
In our conversation, Michael and I discussed the dual adoption curves of Bitcoin, we explored the entire suite of Lightning Labs products, and we discussed Taro and the future of the Lightning Network.
→ Lightning Labs: https://lightning.engineering/
→ The Dual Adoption Curves of Bitcoin (Part 1): https://michael-levin.medium.com/part-1-the-dual-adoption-curves-of-bitcoin-2ffafbc5d5e7
→ The Dual Adoption Curves of Bitcoin (Part 2): https://michael-levin.medium.com/part-2-lightning-network-bitcoins-crossing-the-chasm-superpower-7fe4fd4702dc
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Timestamps
00:00 - Intro
02:21 - Michael Levin Intro
05:27 - Bitcoin as an Asset & a Network
14:49 - The Lightning Network’s Crossing the Chasm Moment
17:33 - Value 4 Value
27:58 - Lightning Labs and LND
39:27 - Lightning Loop
44:40 - Lightning Pool
59:04 - Plebnet & The Role of Routing Node Operators
1:09:26 - Lightning Network Usage, Fees, and Capacity
1:15:06 - Taro and a Multi-Asset Lightning Network
1:30:46 - Lightning Network Predictions
1:39:24 - The Lightning Round
Activity
@tnblumer
500 sats
Jun 11 2022
appreciate the show
@dcw
10 sats
Jul 26 2022
One of the good things of Bitcoins is that it makes people start to think about the nature of money (what it is, how and who creates it...) many things that until then had not been questioned because the system had made them implicit. They have made us play in their field, with their rules, but they have not explained what is behind it or how they manage it