TLS54: William Casarin on Lightning as a Communications Layer for Bitcoin, LNLink, Nostr, and Damus

Jun 26 2022 • 1hr 19m

Show Notes

William Casarin is a Bitcoin and Lightning developer working on a new project called Damus, built on the Nostr protocol.
We had a technical discussion where William explained why he sees the Lightning Network as a communications layer for the Bitcoin economy, the ways the internet may evolve over time, and William’s work on LNLink, Nostr, and Damus.
→ Damus: https://damus.io/
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Timestamps
00:00 - Intro
03:15 - William Casarin Intro
07:49 - BOLT12
10:35 - The Web and the Lightning Network
22:57 - Will Lightning be the Communications Layer of the Bitcoin Economy?
28:40 - The Issues with Centralized and Custodial Solutions on Lightning
40:28 - Building on Core Lightning vs. Other LN Implementations
45:52 - The Nostr Protocol & The Damus Client
59:51 - The Implications of Embedding Value in Internet Apps
1:08:01 - The Lightning Round

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@merryoscar

20,000 sats

Jun 27 2022

“sats slinging round the internet at the speed of light” - great episode! ⚡️

@bon

3,456 sats

Jun 30 2022

My imagination is buzzing right now thinking about all the possibilities presented in this episode. Williams approach to a lightning built on top of the internet protocol instead of built on top of the Web suite of protocols just makes so much more sense. I think the creation of my core lightning node got bumped way up on my priority list of things to do.

@jeffrey

2,500 sats

Jun 27 2022

Great show! Loved the discussion on the architecture! William, you are doing very inspring and creative work. Thank you for doing what you do.

@mitchlancaster

1,000 sats

Jul 4 2022

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@btcmcboatface

555 sats

Jun 27 2022

thanks for including my question in the splits! next up, a question for Udi: 'how you doing?'