This is a Bitcoin &#038; Co. live recording from the worlds first lightning conference that has been taking place this weekend in Berlin. For the first time around 500 lightning and bitcoin engineers, researches, developers, businesses, hardware builders and enthusiasts gathered to discuss and work on new projects. Two days packed with interesting talks, workshops and panels. You can find the live streams of most talks on YouTube in the conference channel.I had the honour to moderate the &#8220;Lightning Hardware and Nodes&#8221; Panel on day 2. Due to technical problems, it could not be live streamed, but here is the audio. Thanks to Christian Rotzoll for recording. And kudos to Jonathan Cross, Justin Moon, Dario Duran and Viktor Bunin for reviewing my questions. Now listen to four panelists who represented four devices:Ketominer &#8211; nodl Box, Stacie Waleyko &#8211; Casa Node, Christian Rotzoll &#8211; RaspiBlitz and Sebastian Küng &#8211; BitBoxBase.01:52Introduce yourself very shortly and tell us which device you are presenting and: Which functionalities does your device offer? Is it a bitcoin full node, has it integrated Lightning, too &#8211; can it also be used as a hardware wallet?04:09What are the core design principles behind the development of your device? Who is your target customer? 07:06Is your device able to verify bitcoin transactions?08:38What are other reasons for people to run their own nodes at home?11:42How open are your devices regarding software use. Which Software / Wallet do you offer for your device? Do you have your custom wallet?14:41Is it possible to connect to your node when you&#8217;re out and about with the smartphone and if so how?17:21Is the watchtower functionality in your setup included or is it not necessary? 19:01How would a user verify that the node software is correct and that the node itself is healthy? Do you have any procedures or incentives for the hardware users that they run upgrades of the software / firmware regularly.24:38With Lightning there is no seed. What happens if your HW device is destroyed or it is stolen. How can you backup the state of your channels?28:46A lightning node should be online 24/7, how does your device handle the fact that it is offline sometimes?32:01What are your future plans for your products? Support the podcastShare the podcast with friends and family! Subscribe to my newsletterSubscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcast | Spotify | Google Podcast | YouTube | Pocket Casts | Castbox | Stitcher | TuneIn | RSS Feed Give a 5 stars recommendation on Apple Podcast Follow me on Twitter | YouTube | LinkedInDonations Do you like what you hear? If yes, then please support my podcast. Every donation is used to produce episodes, finance travel costs and make the show better.Every donor, will be invited to my exclusive Telegram group with personal background stories and updates. Send me a short message with your Telegram ID after donating and I will add you. Donate with PayPal Donate with BTC Donate with Lightning Der Beitrag BUC Live: Lightning Hardware and Nodes Panel from The Lightning Conference Berlin erschien zuerst auf The Anita Posch Show.Subscribe to my weekly newsletter to (L)earn Bitcoin - it’s free: https://anita.link/weekly

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