The Kevin Rooke Show
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
The Trolls of Wall Street | Nathaniel Popper | BM10
20 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Trolls of Wall Street: https://geni.us/mC1aK Bookmarked: https://www.bookmarked.club/
A Bold Return to Giving a Damn: One Farm, Six Generations, and the Future of Food | Will Harris | BM9
07 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A Bold Return to Giving a Damn: https://www.bookmarked.club/books/a-bold-return-to-giving-a-damn Bookmarked: https://www.bookmarked.club/
A Bright Future | Joshua Goldstein | BM8
10 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A Bright Future: https://www.bookmarked.club/books/a-bright-future Stakwork: https://stakwork.com/
Where Is My Flying Car? | J. Storrs Hall | BM7
26 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
→ Where Is My Flying Car?: https://www.bookmarked.club/books/where-is-my-flying-car Sponsor→ Stakwork: https://stakwork.com
Americana: A 400-Year History of American Capitalism | Bhu Srinivasan | BM6
18 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
→ Americana: https://www.bookmarked.club/books/americana → Sponsored by Stakwork: https://stacksats.how/stakwork
Zoning Rules!: The Economics of Land Use Regulation | Bill Fischel | BM5
01 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
→ Zoning Rules: https://www.bookmarked.club/books/zoning-rules Sponsor→ Stakwork: https://stacksats.how/stakwork
The Rise and Fall of American Growth | Robert J. Gordon | BM4
20 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
→ The Rise and Fall of American Growth: https://www.bookmarked.club/books/the-rise-and-fall-of-american-growth Sponsor → Stakwork: https://...
Scale: The Universal Laws of Life, Growth, & Death in Organisms, Cities, & Companies | Geoffrey West | BM3
15 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
→ Scale: https://www.bookmarked.club/books/scale Sponsor → Stakwork: https://stacksats.how/stakwork Summary In this conversation, Kevin...
The Fabric of Civilization: How Textiles Made The World | Virginia Postrel | BM2
07 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
→ The Fabric of Civilization: https://www.bookmarked.club/books/the-fabric-of-civilization Sponsor → Stakwork: https://stacksats.how/stakwor...
TLS126: Moritz Kaminski on Alby, Lightning & Nostr Adoption, and Bitcoin Connect
01 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Moritz Kaminski is the co-founder of Alby, which is a browser extension that acts as a Bitcoin and Nostr companion for the web. → Alby: https://geta...
SS11: How CrowdHealth is Stacking Sats with the Breez SDK
13 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s episode features Andy Schoonover at CrowdHealth which is stacks sats by giving Americans a community-powered, and Bitcoin-powered alternativ...
The Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller and the World Economy Bigger | Marc Levinson | BM1
05 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
→ The Box: https://www.bookmarked.club/books/the-box Sponsors → Stakwork: https://stacksats.how/stakwork → CrowdHealth: https://...
TLS125: Christian Decker on Blockstream Greenlight, Custody on Lightning, and More
26 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Christian Decker is an engineer at Blockstream. We spoke in October about how their recently released Blockstream Greenlight works, custody trade-offs...
TLS124: Christopher Calicott on Trammell Venture Partners & Building a Bitcoin-Native VC Fund
18 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Christopher Calicott is the Managing Director at Trammell Venture Partners, the first Bitcoin-native VC fund. We spoke in September about TVP’s bus...
TLS123: Sam Wouters on the State of the Lightning Network in 2023
05 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Wouters is a Bitcoin Research Analyst at River, and helped write one of the most comprehensive reports on Bitcoin’s Lightning Network to date. ...
TLS122: Fanis Michalakis on LN Markets, DLCs, Lightning, and More
21 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Fanis Michalakis is a developer at LN Markets, a Bitcoin derivatives exchange built on the Lightning Network. In our conversation, we covered the valu...
SS10: How the Satoshi Coffee Company Stacked Millions of Sats with BTCPayServer
14 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The Satoshi Coffee Co. is a merchant who has stacked millions of sats for their line of fresh-roasted coffee. → Satoshi Coffee Co: https://sats.coff...
TLS121: Jesse Shrader on Amboss Magma & Hydro, Lightning Network Metrics & Adoption, and More
15 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Jesse Shrader is the CEO of Amboss, a data analytics platform built for the Lightning Network that also offers a marketplace for buying and selling Li...
TLS120: Artur Brugeman on Building Nostr Band, The Growth of Nostr, and Spring's New Nostr Browser
08 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Artur Brugeman is the founder of Nostr Band, a collection of Nostr search services for exploring the Nostr ecosystem. In our discussion, we explored ...
TLS119: Alex Leishman on the Future of Lightning Payments, Taproot Assets, and River's Lightning Node
01 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Alex Leishman is the CEO of River, a US-based Bitcoin exchange that also offers Bitcoin mining and Lightning Network services. In our discussion, we e...
SS9: How Margie Ramos Stacked Over 1 Million Sats with Muun Wallet and Shopify
25 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Margie Ramos is a Shopify merchant who has stacked over 1,000,000 sats for her line of Tallow-based skincare products in just a few weeks. → Tallowe...
TLS118: Ken Sedgwick on Building VLS, Improving Lightning Custody, & Multi-Party Signing on Lightning
18 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Ken Sedgwick is a Software Engineer at the Validating Lightning Signer project, which is focused on improving Lightning custody by separating keys fro...
TLS117: Henrik Skogstrom on Torq V1, Lightning Network Metrics, Why LSPs Need a Spec, and More
15 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Henrik Skogstrøm is the CEO of LN Capital, which is soon re-branding to Torq, the name of their Lightning node management software. In our conversati...
TLS116: Ian Major on Building Joltz Rewards, Lightning Rails for Loyalty Programs, and Taproot Assets
10 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Ian Major is the co-founder of Joltz Rewards, a Lightning-powered loyalty platform offering Bitcoin rewards as a service. In our conversation we discu...
SS8: How Siggy47 Stacked Over 500,000 Sats on Stacker News
04 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Siggy47 is a retired lawyer and one of the most prolific earners on Stacker News, who has stacked over 500,000 sats for the content he has created on ...
TLS115: Tony Giorgio on Building Mutiny Wallet, Browsers over App Stores, and Lightning Everywhere
27 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Tony Giorgio is the co-founder and CEO of Mutiny Wallet, a self-custodial Lightning wallet that runs in your web browser. In our conversation, we disc...
TLS114: Matt Black on Building Atomic Finance, DLCs on Bitcoin and Lightning, and Self-Custody
19 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Matt Black is the co-founder & CTO of Atomic Finance, a Bitcoin company that uses DLCs to make it possible for people to earn a self-custodial yie...
TLS113: Super Testnet on Inventing New Bitcoin, Lightning, and Nostr Products
14 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Super Testnet is an independent Bitcoin, Lightning, and Nostr developer, and the chairman of FOSS at Pleb Lab In our conversation, we discussed how Su...
SS7: How Brianna Honkawa-D'Estries Stacked Over 1,000,000 Sats on Nostr with ZBD, Damus, and Primal
13 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Brianna Honkawa-D’Estries is the organizer of TabConf and BitDevs LA, has previously been Chief of Staff at Lightning Labs and Noah, and is a Nostr ...
TLS112: Kody Low on Building Fedi, AI, L402s, and Enabling AI for All with Lightning Payments
02 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Kody Low is the Head of Developer & Product Support at Fedi, and the organizer of the AI For All Hackathon happening throughout July. In our conve...
TLS111: Graham Krizek on Building Voltage, Surge, and Why All Companies Will Be Lightning Companies
22 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Graham Krizek is the founder and CEO of Voltage, a full service Lightning infrastructure provider. In our conversation, we discussed Voltage’s lates...
TLS110: Paul West on Fumb Games, Creating New Bitcoiners, and Adding LN Payments to Bitcoin Miner
15 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Paul West is the founder of Fumb Games, a mobile gaming studio that has earned over 10,000,000 downloads across all their games, including the 1 milli...
SS6: How The Bitcoin Hotel Stacked 100,000,000+ Sats with OpenNode & LNBits
09 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The Bitcoin Hotel is a family-run hotel near Stuttgart, Germany. They not only accept bookings in Bitcoin, but they also host Bitcoin events, and offe...
TLS109: Burak on Building Ark, Scaling Bitcoin, and Improving Privacy
04 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Burak is the creator of Ark, a second-layer solution designed for scaling Bitcoin. In ways it is inspired by elements of Bitcoin’s base blockchain...
TLS108: Maxim Orlovsky on Building RGB, Standards for BTC & LN, and Smart Contracts on Bitcoin
22 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Maxim Orlovsky is the founder of the LNP/BP Standards Association and the creator of the RGB smart contracts protocol. In our conversation, we explore...
TLS107: Shehzan Maredia on Building Lava, Bitcoin-Native Borrowing, and Improving Self-Custody UX
18 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Shehzan Maredia is the co-founder of Lava, a Bitcoin project that aims to make sovereign finance simple. In our discussion we explored the full scope ...
SS5: How Jesse Berger Stacked 100,000+ Sats with Mash
17 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Jesse Berger is the author of Magic Internet Money, a book that takes readers on a journey about the fundamental principles of money and Bitcoin. In...
TLS106: Konstantin on Building Kollider, Lightning Derivatives, Synthetic Fiat, and Running a Nostr Relay
14 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Konstantin is the co-founder of Kollider, a Lightning-powered Bitcoin derivatives platform that also offers a browser extension wallet, synthetic fiat...
SS4: How SHAmory Stacked 10,000,000+ Sats with OpenNode, BTCPay Server, Oshi, and Joltz
11 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Scott and Mallory are a California couple building a Bitcoin education company called SHAmory, where they’ve stacked over 10,000,000 sats for sellin...
TLS105: Lisa Neigut on the State of Bitcoin's Second Layer, L2 Interoperability, and More
21 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Lisa Neigut is the founder of Base58, a Bitcoin protocol academy that helps teach developers the fundamentals of Bitcoin. In our conversation, we did ...
SS3: How Ben Justman Stacked 10,000,000+ Sats with Oshi and IBEX Pay
20 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Ben Justman is a Colorado winemaker who has stacked over 10,000,000 sats for selling bottles of his all-natural Peony Lane Wine using Oshi and IBEX Pa...
SS2: How Arnold Hubach Stacked 3,000,000+ Sats with Alby's Wordpress Plugin
08 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Arnold Hubach is a Bitcoin writer who has stacked over 3,000,000 sats with Alby’s Wordpress plugin installed on his website, Bitcoin Focus. → Bitc...
TLS103: Pablo F7Z on Building Nostr Projects, Why Open Networks Win, and The Economics of Nostr
30 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Pablo F7z is the head of R&D at Swan, an advisor to Ego Death Capital, and a builder of too many Nostr apps to name. In our conversation, we cover...
SS1: How Joe Martin Stacked 800,000+ Sats on Fountain, Wavlake, Voltage, BTCPayServer, and Alby
27 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Joe Martin is a country singer who has stacked over 800,000 sats for his music using Fountain, Wavlake, Voltage, BTCPayServer, and Alby. → Joe Marti...
TLS102: Nick Slaney on Building c= and Block’s Focus on Growing Bitcoin’s Lightning Network
17 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Nick Slaney is the Lead at c=, which is the name of Block’s new Lightning Service Provider subsidiary. In our conversation, we explored the reason B...
TLS101: Andrew Begin on Building Galoy, Bitcoin Communities, and Enterprise Lightning Adoption
15 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Andrew Begin is the Director of Marketing at Galoy, an open source Bitcoin banking platform. In our conversation, we covered the task of building and ...
TLS100: Oscar Merry on Fountain's Evolution, Nostr, Value 4 Value, and Creator Monetization
13 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Oscar Merry is the co-founder and CEO of Fountain, and was actually the very first guest on this podcast back when it started in late 2021. In our con...
TLS99: Desiree Dickerson on Building THNDR Games, Competitive Leagues, and Cross-App Identiy on Nostr
09 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Desiree Dickerson is the CEO of THNDR Games, a Lightning-powered gaming platform that lets you earn Bitcoin for playing games. In our discussion, we c...
TLS98: Vitor Pamplona on Building Amethyst & Nostr Adoption, Development, Competition, and Funding
28 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Vitor Pamplona is the lead developer at Amethyst, the most popular Nostr client for Android with over 50,000 downloads in its first month. In our conv...
TLS97: David King on Google & Nostr’s Early Days, The Role of Lightning on Nostr, and Angel Investing
23 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
David King has been an early Google product manager, an angel investor for more than a decade, and is a creator exploring the convergence of Nostr, Bi...
TLS96: Dhruv Bansal on The Bitcoin Stack, Distributed Markets, Scaling in Layers, Nostr, Tor, and More
16 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dhruv Bansal is a physicist, entrepreneur, and the co-founder of Unchained Capital. In our conversation we explored the idea of scaling Bitcoin in lay...
TLS95: Nicholas Gregory on Statechains, Mercury Wallet, Scaling Bitcoin, and the Lightning Network
09 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Nicholas Gregory is the CEO of CommerceBlock, the company using Statechains to power their product Mercury Wallet. In our conversation, Nick explained...
TLS94: Morgen Rochard on Building Origin, Bitcoin Financial Planning, and Payment Regulations
27 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Morgen Rochard is the founder of Origin Wealth Advisers, a CFA, CFP, and a well-known Bitcoin advocate. In our conversation, we spoke about the challe...
TLS93: Paul Sztorc on Drivechain (BIP 300/301), Bitcoin Sidechains, and Building Layer Two Labs
19 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Paul Sztorc is the Founder and CEO of Layer 2 Labs, as well as the author of BIP 300 and 301 and a Drivechain advocate. In our conversation, we explor...
TLS92: John Carvalho on Synonym, Blocktank, Bitkit, Pear Credit, Slashtags, and Hyper-Bitcoinization
15 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
John Carvalho is the CEO of Synonym, a company working on a number of Bitcoin and identity products and protocols including their Bitkit wallet, their...
TLS91: Calle on Open Source Software, Lightning Development, LNBits, Cashu, & More
12 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Calle is a Lightning developer who has worked on a handful of Lightning projects, including Lightning Tip Bot, LNBits, and Cashu. In our conversation ...
TLS90: Evan Kaloudis on Building Zeus, Lightning Self Custody, Open Source Funding, Tor, and Taro
04 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Evan Kaloudis is the founder of Zeus, an open-source and self-custodial mobile Lightning wallet. We talked about building Zeus and the new features it...
TLS89: Ben Carman on Lightning Network Privacy, Building Mutiny, and Browser-Based Lightning Wallets
30 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Ben Carman is a Lightning privacy researcher, working on a handful of Lightning projects including Mutiny Wallet, The Bitcoin Company, and Vortex. We ...
TLS88: Will Reeves on Building Fold, Bitcoin Entrepreneurs, and the Lightning Network's Evolution
22 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Will Reeves is the CEO and co-founder of Fold, a platform that helps users earn Bitcoin rewards whenever they shop or use the Fold app. We talked abou...
TLS87: Caitlin Long on Custodia and How Banks Will Interact with Bitcoin, Stablecoins, and Lightning
17 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Caitlin Long is a Wall Street veteran, and the Founder and CEO of Custodia, a platform for digital asset banking, custody, and payments. We had a wide...
TLS86: Ben Price on Building The Bitcoin Company, OpenSats, and Improving Payments with Lightning
13 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Ben Price is the co-founder and CEO of The Bitcoin Company (TBC), an app that allows anyone to earn Bitcoin for all their shopping. In our conversatio...
TLS85: Albert Buu on Building NeutronPay, Payments in Vietnam, and Instant Lightning Remittances
08 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Albert Buu is the founder of NeutronPay, a company building a Lightning-powered API and mobile app for moving money around the world. In our conversat...
TLS84: Alex Busarov on Building Heatbit and How Home Heaters Could Distribute Bitcoin Mining Hashrate
06 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Alex Busarov is the founder of Heatbit, a company building an electric heater that mines Bitcoin. In our conversation, we discussed how the Heatbit he...
TLS83: Azz on Building Valera and Combining Lightning Software & Hardware To Bring Billions To Bitcoin
24 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Azz is the 16 year old founder of Valera, a company uniting hardware and software to bring Lightning payments to billions of people around the world. ...
TLS82: Alex Adelman on Building Lolli, Accelerating Bitcoin Adoption, and the Lightning Network
24 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Alex Adelman is the CEO & co-founder of Lolli, a Bitcoin-back rewards platform that has helped over 600,000 people stack sats while shopping. We h...
TLS81: Bastien Teinturier on ACINQ, Collaborating with LN Implementations, and Lightning Adoption
16 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Bastien Teinturier is the VP of Engineering at ACINQ, the team behind the Eclair Lightning implementation and the Phoenix mobile wallet. We spoke abou...
TLS80: Austin Mitchell on Building Synota & How Lightning Payments Can Disrupt the Energy Industry
11 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Austin Mitchell is the co-founder and CEO of Synota, a platform providing instant payments for energy generators, distributors, and consumers by lever...
TLS79: Julian Fahrer on Building Apollo, The Price of Information, and the Lightning Network
08 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Julian Fahrer is the co-founder and CEO of Apollo, a platform for discovering and writing reviews of your favorite products, where quality reviews are...
TLS78: Marco Argentieri on Building Fuji Money Using the Lightning Network & Liquid Sidechain
03 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Marco Argentieri is the co-founder of Fuji Money, a non-custodial platform for issuing Bitcoin-backed stablecoins and synthetic assets using the Light...
TLS77: Sam Wouters on Insights from River's Lightning Nodes, RLS, and the Future of LN Payments
29 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Wouters is a Bitcoin Research Analyst at River, where he has recently put together an in-depth report on River’s Lightning Nodes. In our convers...
TLS76: Chase Perkins on the Impervious Browser, Decentralized Identifiers, and Digital Self-Sovereignty
26 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Chase Perkins is the founder of Impervious, a Lightning-powered, P2P internet browser that recently launched their alpha version. In our conversation ...
TLS75: John Light on Validity Rollups on Bitcoin, ZK-proofs, and the Lightning Network
20 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
John Light is a Bitcoin researcher who recently published a paper exploring how Validity Rollups might work on Bitcoin. In our conversation, we first ...
TLS74: Johns Beharry on Bitcoin Design, Bolt.Fun, and Accelerating Global Bitcoin Adoption
18 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Johns Beharry is a Bitcoin designer building a platform for Lightning builders called Bolt.Fun. In our conversation, we explored the importance of des...
TLS73: James Andrew on Lightning Bridge, Using Lightning as a Payment Rail, Web3, and Taro
12 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
James Andrew is the CEO & Technical Director of Global Liquidity, the company building a product called Lightning Bridge to connect apps like Cash...
TLS72: Vijay Boyapati on The Evolution of Money, Bitcoin's Role as Money, and the Lightning Network
03 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Vijay Boyapati is the author of The Bullish Case for Bitcoin, and one of the brightest Bitcoiners around. In our discussion, Vijay explained his thesi...
TLS71: Ry Sterling on IBEX Mercado, New Lightning Use Cases, and Helping El Salvador Adopt Bitcoin
27 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Ry Sterling is the VP of North America at IBEX Mercado. There are two parts to the IBEX business, it is a tool enabling merchants to accept Bitcoin pa...
TLS70: Ray Marceau on Building Purse, Integrating Lightning, and Focusing on Bitcoin
21 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Ray Marceau is the CEO of Purse, a marketplace enabling anyone to spend Bitcoin to buy products on Amazon, or sell Amazon gift cards to buy Bitcoin. I...
TLS68: Lyle Pratt on Building Vida, Communicating on Lightning, and Helping Anyone Earn For Their Time
09 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Lyle Pratt is the founder and CEO of Vida, a platform for letting anyone monetize their time with paid messages, calls, and livestreams. In our discus...
TLS67: Egge on Lightning Network Advertising and the Creator Economy on a Bitcoin Standard
01 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Egge is the co-founder of Starbackr and an advertising industry veteran who has fallen down the Bitcoin and Lightning rabbit hole. Egge explained how ...
TLS66: Danny Diekroeger on Cash App, LDK, and Operating the Deezy LN Node
27 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Danny Diekroeger is a Bitcoin software engineer at Cash App, and the operator of one of the world’s largest Lightning nodes. In our conversation, Da...
TLS65: Fiatjaf on LNURL, Nostr, LNTXBot, Pancho, P2P Apps, Value 4 Value, and More
24 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Fiatjaf is a pseudonymous programmer who has worked on a handful of really impactful projects in and adjacent to the Lightning Network ecosystem. In o...
TLS64: Joe Consorti on the Time Value of the Lightning Network, Lightning Banks, and Taro
20 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Joe Consorti is a Bitcoin market analyst who recently wrote a great article called The Time Value of the Lightning Network. In our discussion, we got ...
TLS63: Christopher David on Arcade City, Decentralized Ride Sharing, and Building on Lightning
14 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Christopher David is the CEO and Founder of Arcade City, a peer-to-peer platform that aims to decentralize ride-sharing and enable a circular Bitcoin ...
TLS62: John on Building Zaprite, Getting Paid in Bitcoin, and Accounting on a Bitcoin Standard
12 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
John is the CEO and Founder of Zaprite, an invoicing platform that helps anyone get paid in Bitcoin. In our talk, we spoke about how Zaprite’s produ...
TLS61: Nicolas Burtey on Stablesats, Galoy, Bitcoin Banks, and El Salvador's Bitcoin Adoption
03 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Nicolas Burtey is the CEO and co-founder of Galoy, an open source banking platform helping communities of any size adopt Bitcoin. In our talk, we spok...
TLS60: Randy Naar on the Liquid Sidechain, Blockstream, Issuing Assets & More
29 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Randy Naar is a software engineer at Blockstream, working on getting assets on the Liquid side chain. In our talk, we spoke about what Liquid is, how ...
TLS59: Paolo Ardoino & Mathias Buus on Holepunch, Keet, Building P2P Apps, and Lightning Adoption
26 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Paolo Ardoino and Mathias Buus are the co-founders of Holepunch, a fully encrypted platform for building peer-to-peer applications. Matthias is the CE...
TLS58: Alan Plus on Building LN+, Getting Liquidity, and Lightning Network Adoption
23 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Alan Plus is the founder and CEO of Lightning Network+, a marketplace for getting inbound and outbound liquidity by participating in channel swaps. In...
TLS57: Christian Decker on Blockstream, Greenlight, Lightning Scalability, and More
14 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Christian Decker is a researcher at Blockstream who has been involved in Bitcoin since 2009, and even did his Ph.D dissertation on Bitcoin. In our tal...
TLS56: Gigi on Internet Business Models, Value 4 Value, and Freedom in an Information Age
09 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Gigi is a pseudonymous Bitcoin developer and author and is full of compelling ideas about Bitcoin and the Lightning Network. In our talk, Gigi explain...
TLS55: Udi Wertheimer on Bitcoin, The Lightning Network, Stablecoins, and More
30 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Udi Wertheimer is a developer by trade, and one of the most thought-provoking and controversial figures on Bitcoin Twitter. We’ve had a few back-and...
TLS54: William Casarin on Lightning as a Communications Layer for Bitcoin, LNLink, Nostr, and Damus
26 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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...
TLS53: Max Webster on Hivemind Ventures, Exponential Curves, and Lightning Network Opportunities
20 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Max Webster is the founder of Hivemind Ventures, an early stage fund investing in Bitcoin startups building on the Lightning Network. In our conversat...
TLS52: Jared Nusinoff on Building Mash and Helping Creators Earn More on the Lightning Network
15 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Jared Nusinoff is the founder and CEO of Mash, a Lightning powered platform helping anyone on the internet earn more for the content they create. In o...
TLS51: Roy Sheinfeld on Building Breez, Streaming Sats, & LN Adoption
10 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Roy Sheinfeld is the co-founder and CEO of Breez, a self-custodial platform for streaming sats to podcasters, accepting payments as a merchant, and se...
TLS50: Alex Leishman on Building River, Taro Use Cases, and Earning Yield on the Lightning Network
04 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Alex Leishman is the founder and CEO of River, a platform for buying Bitcoin that also happens to be one of the largest players on the Lightning Netwo...
TLS49: Paul Itoi on Stakwork, Sphinx Chat, Earning Bitcoin, and AI vs. Humans
01 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Paul Itoi has built two of the most popular Lightning applications to date, Sphinx Chat and Stakwork. These platforms already enable people to chat an...
TLS48: Michael Levin on Lightning Labs, Bitcoin & Lightning Adoption, and Taro
28 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Michael Levin is a Product Manager at Lightning Labs, a company building tools to bring Bitcoin to billions. In our conversation, Michael and I discus...
TLS47: Henrik Skogstrøm on LN Capital and Operating a Successful Lightning Network Routing Node
25 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Henrik Skogstrøm is the founder of LN Capital, a company building capital management software for routing nodes. In our conversation, Henrik and I di...
TLS46: Rene Pickhardt on Multi-Part Payments, Zero Base Fee, and Lightning Network Limitations
18 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Rene Pickhardt is an independent researcher working on improving payments on the Lightning Network. In our talk, Rene explained his experience doing i...