Lightning Series: Mastering Lightning with Andreas M. Antonopoulos & René Pickhardt

 
 
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“All the stuff that I’m working on is built on the shoulders of giants…I didn’t invent the Lightning Network, when I saw this technology I thought it was just beautiful.”
— René Pickhardt

SHOW DESCRIPTION

Location: Remotely
Date: Thursday 5th July
Project: aantonop.com / Freelance
Role: Role: Speaker, Author and Educator / developer and Data Scientist

The Lightning Network helps Bitcoin scale. As a layer two solution, Lightning takes transactions off the base chain and allows for near-instant transitions for a small fee.

While Lightning Network is growing fast, there is still a learning curve to understand and use the technology. This series will go through everything from how the Lightning Network works, the improved privacy, and why Lightning is vital to Bitcoin’s success.

In this interview, I talk to Bitcoin Speaker, Author & Educator Andreas M. Antonopoulos and Lightning Network developer René Pickhardt. We discuss how the Lightning Network works and why scaling off-chain is so essential.

TIMESTAMPS

00:05:31: Introductions
00:06:44: Mastering Lightning book
00:13:06: The Lightning Network explained
00:15:13: Lightning vs the basechain
00:19:05: Using the Lightning Network abroad
00:30:54: Opening channels - a role play demo
00:42:49: Opening channels - the user experience
00:44:45: Privacy through onion routing
00:52:45: Taproot and privacy
00:57:07: Pickhardt payments
01:07:01: Fundraising for Pickhardt payments development
01:12:14: Introducing Olaoluwa Osuntokun
01:14:38: Final comments

 

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