Bitcoin Lightning Network

Preston Pysh talks with BTC Sessions about why it’s important to run your own full node and what it means for instant settlement. They discuss the best way to think about opening channels on layer 2, what a full node enables, tools and applications that exist on layer 2, the incentives for the regular person to use layer 2, and the purpose of lightning pool.

Preston Pysh talks with Bitcoin & privacy expert, Matt Odell, about various levels of privacy on Bitcoin’s multiple layers & nodes. Matt also talks about the mining industry and privacy in general.

Preston Pysh talks with Lightning Labs’ Ryan Gentry about the Bitcoin 2nd Layer. Ryan discusses what Bitcoin’s second layer is, what Lightning pool is, how liquidity is managed on the second layer, he incentives for people to use lightning, and much more!

Preston Pysh talks with Bitcoin educator and investor, Joe Consorti, about some of the new things happening on the Lightning Network, the Time Value of Lightning, Joe’s thoughts on leverage w/ companies like Luna, 3AC, and others, where rates go on the lightning network, and more. Additionally, they talk about Joe’s confluence model and his thoughts on credit markets.

Energy start-up founder, Austin Mitchell, talks about everything happening in the Bitcoin energy market and how his company Synota is providing a unique solution with the Lightning Network. Austin discusses the problems energy companies currently deal with that Bitcoin can potentially solve, what the potential future with Bitcoin look like with energy companies, and how the lightning network offer solutions in the energy sector.

Preston Pysh interviews Lyle Pratt about the ways he’s using the Bitcoin Lightning Network to remove spam from social interactions and how it can scale across existing and future decentralized social media platforms. Lyle discusses the basics of spam and why it’s so prevalent, the 402 payment required in the SIP protocol, how spam can become worse with more decentralization, and what the Lightning Network brings to this problem.

Preston Pysh interviews Bitcoin OG, Tuur Demeester, about inscriptions and what it means for L1 and L2 Bitcoin moving forward. Tuur further expounds on why so many people have the urge to update the code base, why inscriptions are potentially good for L2, apps that are seamlessly working between L1 and L2, and what the future fees will look like on both layers in 10 years or more.

Preston Pysh interviews Alex Leishman, the Founder of River Financial, about whether the lightning network can scale at a level that supports global finance, the Lightning API at River, is Bitcoin scalable with just Lightning, is the Bitcoin layer 2 Ark Proposal a viable solution for Layer 2, and is AI something that needs bitcoin layer 2 to scale.