#446: The State of the Lightning Network with Matt Corallo

TFTC: A Bitcoin Podcast · Sep 14, 2023 · 1h 48m

Marty sits down with Matt Corallo to discuss the state of the Lightning Network.

Matt on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheBlueMatt

6:38 - Hot mics, soft forks

13:34 - Should we focus on what we have?

18:27 - Core dev burnout

24:58 - State of Bitcoin adoption

35:23 - The year of LDK

40:46 - Stablecoins and AI

46:44 - Where should the focus be?

52:42 - LSPs and improving LN UX

59:21 - Crypto impatience

1:05:26 - Using lightning every day

1:07:02 - Regulations

1:21:01 - Bitcoin and Crypto have different regulatory concerns

1:23:34 - AI and energy

1:27:31 - Is LN a panacea?

1:35:54 - How is LN…