In this episode we chat with Jack Everitt and Desiree Dickerson about how they built out THNDR Games. THNDR Games is a Bitcoin Lightning Network gaming studio that is focusing on bringing the next billion people to Bitcoin. Their most recent game Satsss, which is Snake with Bitcoin added, is out now! Find the link below.

We talk about:

• 1:43 - Catching Up with Jack
• 3:59 - Getting to know Desiree
• 12:22 - Big Changes at THNDR
• 19:11 - Bitcoin Bounce
• 20:16 - The Raffle Technique
• 21:22 - Turbo 84
• 22:06 -  THNDR Bay
• 24:08 - Game Design Choices
• 25:38 - How to Counteract Over-Promising
• 28:48 - Financing and Footgunning
• 35:29 - Asset Packs and Morals
• 44:56 - Future Plans at THNDR
• 50:18 - The Video Game Tangent
• 53: 19 - THNDR’s Stack
• 56:10 - LNURL
• 1:00:47 - ZEBEDEE
• 1:03:11 - Monetizing THNDR Games
• 1:07:02 - NEW GAME ANNOUNCEMENT!!
• 1:09:01 - Maintaining Multiple Games

FIND GUESTS HERE
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Jack’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/jackeveritt
Desiree’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/dickerson_des
THNDR’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/thndrgames

THNDR’s Website: https://www.thndr.gg/

THNDR’s New Game!!! https://www.thndr.gg/satsss

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Welcome! This is #LightningFriday where we get together on Twitter Spaces to discuss the Lightning Network and take audience questions. This week we will be looking at Lighting Escrow, an escrow service over the Lightning Network!  

Feel free to join us on Twitter at https://twitter.com/LNJunkies ! We will also answer questions posted in the Youtube live chat.   

TIME STAMPS 

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1:55 - Intro
3:14 - Capacity
12:03 - What is Lightning Escrow?
14:03 - Pain Points and Downsides of the Escrow Market
21:08 - Decentralized Escrow
27:46 - "Collaborative Custody"
32:19 - Time Locks
42:56 - Openbazaar
47:12 - Long Term Plans?
50:09 - Where is Lightning Escrow in the Development Process?
56:40 - Why will Lightning Escrow Fail?
1:05:36 - Stealing Secret Sauce
1:13:21 - Lightning Junkies, Zeus, Amboss
1:19:12 - AOPP / Open Discussion
2:02:45 - Closing Comments

SPECIAL GUESTS
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GeistLight: https://twitter.com/GeistLight
Tristian Bietesch: https://twitter.com/TristanBietsch
Lightning Escrow: https://twitter.com/LightningEscrow

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* Jestopher from Amboss Lightning Explorer (https://twitter.com/Jestopher_BTC) 

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Lightning Escrow Website: https://lightningescrow.io/
Open Bazaar Rabbit Hole: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenBazaar

Welcome! This is #LightningFriday where we get together on Twitter Spaces to discuss the Lightning Network and take audience questions. This week we will be reflecting on the last three years of Lightning Development.   

Feel free to join us on Twitter at https://twitter.com/LNJunkies ! We will also answer questions posted in the Youtube live chat.   

Timestamps 

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• 0:00 - Music/Introductions
• 10:41 - Outlining the Talk
• 12:53 - What are the early origins of Lightning Network?
• 39:30 - What were later developments around 2013?
• 42:53 - Transaction Mailability before Segwit
• 49:05 - Lightning in 2017 - Segwit
• 1:00:06 - Lightning in 2018 - The First Mainnet Transaction
• 1:08:29 - Hierarchical Backups with Lightning Wallets?
• 1:18:11 - Lightning Torch in 2018
• 1:28:31 - Public Capacity and Node Growth 2018-2022
• 1:40:32 - Lightning Onboarding Tales
• 2:01:54 - Q&A - Chainalysis
• 2:19:37 - Calls to Action
• 2:22:34 - Closing Notes  

SPECIAL GUEST
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Guy Swann - https://twitter.com/TheGuySwann 

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LINKS N STUFF
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Lightning Network White Paper - https://lightning.network/lightning-network-paper.pdf  
The Blocksize War - https://www.amazon.com/Blocksize-War-controls-Bitcoins-protocol/dp/B08YQMC2WM
Lightning Torch - https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2019/02/05/bitcoins-lightning-torch-explained-what-it-is-and-why-it-matters/  
Chainalysis Announcment - https://twitter.com/chainalysis/status/1469317238893289475?s=20  
Anthony Ronning Privacy Article - https://abytesjourney.com/lightning-privacy/

This episode of the podcast is a #LightningFriday livestream from December 17th, 2021. In this episode we talk about the recent drama with Chainalysis announcing support for transaction monitoring.

We talk about:

• Chainalysis Twitter Drama
• Who are the customers of Chainalysis?
• What is Clustering?
• How do you do blockchain analysis?
• How can you decrease the chances of being tracked?
• Chainalysis on Lightning vs On-Chain
• What can you determine from a Lightning channel open/close?
• Game Theory of Lightning Network and Nation States
• Can the IRS afford to surveil the Lightning Network?
• Lightning Chainalysis in Practice using Strike as Example
• Could the government take out a massive Bitcoin loan to attack LN?
• Difficulty in Attacking Lightning Network with Brute Force
• Amboss being similar to Chainalysis?
• What are the implications of having bad privacy on Lightning?
• AD SHILL AD SHILL AD SHILL AD SHILL
• LNURL and Carrot
• Lightning Address
• Onboarding Parents into Bitcoin Lightning

LINKS N’ STUFF
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Chainaylsis Announcement: https://twitter.com/LNJunkies/status/1469357060479328259
Samourai: https://samouraiwallet.com/
Anthony Ronning Privacy Article: https://abytesjourney.com/lightning-privacy/

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Transcript:

This is the 52nd episode on Lightning Junkies. In this episode we are joined by André Neves and Fiatjaf.

Fiatjaf was previously on Lightning Junkies alongside Rusty Russell on episode 46 (https://sicksub.network/LNJ046). Fiatjaf is known for his contributions to LNURL and many other areas of the Lightning Network ecosystem.

André is known for his work with ZEBEDEE, Mintgox, and Lightning Address. Lightning Address is the primary focus of the show, how much it has grown and proliferated within the Lightning network ecosystem. We also explore other topics such as LNURL, Bolt12, and more!

We talk about:

• 0:00 - Introductions
• 3:37 - André’s Background
• 7:38 - What is ZEBEDEE?
• 12:56 - ZEBEDEE’s Centralization
• 17:43 - Dogfooding with ZEBEDEE
• 19:02 - Implementing Infuse CSGO
• 21:49 - Infuse CSGO Activity
• 23:23 - What is MintGox?
• 26:03 - What is Lightning Address?
• 28:42 - How to get a Lightning Address?
• 32:39 - Is Lightning Address Worth the Effort?
• 41:32 - Bolt12/Offers
• 49:55 - LNURL Future Prospects
• 1:03:24 - Long Term Vision for Lightning Address
• 1:15:16 - Profound Lightning Question

FIND GUESTS HERE
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André Neves: https://twitter.com/andreneves
Fiatjaf: https://twitter.com/fiatjaf
ZEBEDEE: https://twitter.com/zebedeeio

RABBIT HOLES
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Federated Lightning Address: https://payaddress.co/
LNURL Generator: https://lnurl-pay.me/
Lightning Address: https://lightningaddress.com/

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Transcript: https://sicksub.network/LNJ051Transcript 

This is the 51st episode of Lightning Junkies! In this episode we have Ben Arc returning, he was previously on episode LNJ031 (https://sicksub.network/LNJ031)! In this episode we are focusing on the world of LNbits, it is a way to add more features and options than would ordinarily be available in your Bitcoin Lightning Stack.

We talk about:

• 0:00 - Intro
• 1:27 - A Prolific Creator
• 6:17 - The Start of Ben Arc
• 12:12 - How to Choose a Project
• 15:31 - Sci-Fi Weirdos
• 21:53 - Ben’s Opinion on Bolt12
• 26:03 - AMP Invoices
• 27:08 - What is LNbits?
• 37:01 - DJ Livestream tipping
• 41:23 - LNDHub
• 47:25 - Extension Lightning Round
• 52:16 - The Future of LNbits
• 1:02:53 - How can YOU help the Lightning Network?
• 1:07:09 - The Idea Tangent
• 1:21:32 - Excitement for the Future

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LNbits’ Twitter: https://twitter.com/lnbits
LNbits’ GitHub: https://github.com/arcbtc/lnbits

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Down the Rabbit Hole

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Cryptograffiti’s DJ project: https://twitter.com/cryptograffiti/status/1379811416543092737

Note: This is a special live podcast session done on Twitter Spaces. Since the topic was so interesting, we decided to push it to our RSS feed. We have these Lightning Network discussions every Friday on Twitter at 4pm EST/8pm UTC. Check it out!

In this #lightningfriday stream we will have Rusty Russell who is most directly responsible for Bolt12 otherwise known as Offers. We will also have Stephan Livera who is well known for his fantastic Bitcoin podcast aptly named the Stephan Livera Podcast.

We talked about:

• Introductions
• Our Sponsors
• Reason for the Chat
• Brief Summary of Bolt12/Offers
• Is Bolt12/Offers for Podcasters/Content Creators?
• What would the GUI for Bolt12/Offers look like?
• Liquidity Issues for Podcasters/Content Creators
• How long it will take before Offers/Bolt12 is easy for the payer?
• Technical Difficulties
• Evan Explaining getting Bolt12/Offers into Zeus Wallet
• Self Sovereign Podcaster/Content Creator
• Lightning Network based Social Network
• Is Offers coming to LND?
• What is missing from Bolt12/Offers?
• Would it be a bad idea to have a custodial offers wallet?
• Offers vs LNURL
• What is missing from LN that Rusty thinks about?
• How do other implementations feel about Bolt12/Offers?
• Bolt12 Telegram, Dev Reviews, Call to Action
• Multiple Channels per peer on C-Lightning
• Impervious.ai Proof of Concept Data Transmission
• Impverious.ai for Content Creators
• Short Term Future of Lightning Network for Content Creators

Our Guests:

• Rusty Russell from Blockstream, author of Bolt12 (https://twitter.com/rusty_twit)
• Stephan Livera from the Stephan Livera Podcast (https://twitter.com/stephanlivera)

Our hosts:

• Chaz from Lightning Junkies (https://twitter.com/thechaz)
• Evan Kaloudis from Zeus Wallet (https://twitter.com/evankaloudis)
• Jestopher from Amboss Lightning Explorer (https://twitter.com/Jestopher_BTC)

This episode of the podcast is a #LightningFriday from October 29th, 2021. In this episode we had the Voltage team come on to explain their platform and what it has to offer. #LightningFriday is where we get together on Twitter Spaces to discuss the Lightning Network and take audience questions.

This week we have the Voltage team on to talk about node operations, management, and scaling. 

Time stamps:

0:00 - Opening Remarks
5:12 - Voltage Team Introduces Themselves
7:03 - What is Voltage?    
10:15 - Can you trust Voltage?    
13:02 - What challenges would a new user experience?     
22:45 - What challenges would a business experience?    
27:17 - Is Flow suitable for larger businesses?    
32:05 - Why is BTC Pay Server warning people about Lightning Network?     
43:50 - Is Voltage going to in the Bitcoin Lightning stack for a business?
45:53 - Anticipatory Projects     
48:21 - Are there advantages to having more than one node?    
50:02 - The Controversial part: Why sidecar? Why not Liquidity ads?    
52:27 - Why LND?
56:43  - Thoughts on Liquidity ads?    
1:02:40 - How is UX friendliness growing the Lightning Network?    
1:10:25 - When is Voltage adding LNURL-Auth?    
1:25:06 - The Future of Voltage
1:12:54 - What about Voltage can be improved?
1:15:13 - Do you see Voltage changing over time?
1:16:20 - Why does Voltage suck? How could it improve?    
1:18:00 - Geographic Diversification of Voltage Cloud Infrastructure    
1:20:25 - What is the future of the Lightning Network?    
1:23:20 - Has Voltage built any monitoring infrastructure?    
1:25:07 - Lightning Address    
1:29:36 - What are you excited about in LN?
1:32:40 - When is the new version of BTCPay Server making it to Voltage?   
1:33:58 - How do we feel about LN as a data layer?   
1:42:25  - How to make Lightning Network a data layer while protecting against spam?

Our Guests:
* Graham; Voltage CEO (https://twitter.com/gkrizek)
* Nate; Support Engineer (https://twitter.com/beeforbacon1)
* Bob; Infrastructure Engineer (https://twitter.com/BitcoinCoderBob) 

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Our hosts:
* Chaz from Lightning Junkies (https://twitter.com/thechaz)
* Evan Kaloudis from Zeus Wallet (https://twitter.com/evankaloudis)
* Jestopher from Amboss Lightning Explorer (https://twitter.com/Jestopher_BTC)