Expanding Bitcoin's Global Reach Using Lightning with Rusty Russell - Blockstream Talk #33

Welcome back to Blockstream Talk. Today, we're speaking with Rusty Russell about the Lightning Network. Rusty is the lead developer of the open-source Core Lightning project. We covered a lot of ground, including how the Lightning Network is being used on the ground in San Salvador as well as updates on Greenlight and Blockstream Green wallet's recent Lightning integration. As always, if you found the conversation useful, don't forget to like, subscribe, and share.

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02:15 Developing Lightning implementations from spec
10:10 Lightning Network global adoption
11:42 Integrating Lightning on Blockstream Green
14:02 Lightning payments with Miss Universe El Salvador
15:48 Development of new Lightning use cases
17:14 Enabling wumbo payments on Lightning
18:54 Custodial vs non-custodial
21:58 ETF vs self-custody not your keys not your coins
23:36 The importance of taking self-custody
26:40 Optimising Lightning around mainchain fees
31:20 Use cases for Greenlight by Blockstream
33:28 Using Lighting payments in GameFi
34:31 The Phoenix wallet by ASINQ
36:06 Liquid and Lightning layer-2 interoperability
37:15 Splicing and dual funding
40:27 Core Lightning v23.11
42:16 Starting development with Core Lightning
43:02 Sats vs Bits
43:56 Improving privacy on Lightning