#426: Bringing Lightning To Utilities with Synota

TFTC: A Bitcoin Podcast · Jun 6, 2023 · 1h 19m

Marty sits down with Austin Mitchell, Lisa Scott, and Alan Schroeder from Synota to discuss bringing energy providers over to Bitcoin and LN. Synota on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Synota_

6:35 - Meet Synota

14:05 - Payment settlement struggles for utilites

16:56 - How Synota integrates

23:47 - Financing possibilities

26:20 - Utilities grokking bitcoin

34:07 - Effects of decentralizing the grid

45:22 - The team’s orange pilling

49:41 - Mining industry is maturing

55:56 - Efficiency impact of instant payments

1:01:11 - Mining permanent funds

1:05:03 - Issues building on lightning

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