The Importance of Interoperability in Bitcoin

Graham Krizek is the founder and CEO of Voltage, a full service Lightning infrastructure provider.

In our conversation, we discussed Voltage’s latest product Surge, why Graham believes every company will be a Lightning company, and we reviewed the progress that the Lightning ecosystem has made in the last couple of years.

→ Voltage Surge: https://voltage.cloud/surge/

→ Every Company Will Be a Lightning Company: https://voltage.cloud/every-company-will-be-a-lightning-company

Sponsors

→ Voltage: https://stacksats.how/voltage

→ Stakwork: https://stacksats.how/stakwork

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Links

→ Stack Sats: https://www.stacksats.how/

→ Twitter: https://twitter.com/kerooke

→ Books: https://www.kevinrooke.com/book-recommendations

→ Bitcoin News: https://stacker.news/r/kr

Timestamps

00:00 - Intro

02:09 - Graham Krizek Intro

04:44 - Full Infrastructure Providers vs. LSPs

10:25 - What Is Voltage Surge?

16:37 - Why Surge Is Read-Only

23:56 - What Impact Will Real-Time Data Have on the Lightning Network?

28:58 - Why Every Company Will Be a Lightning Company

45:15 - Which Companies Will Be First Movers To Join the Lightning Network?

54:05 - Regulations and the Lightning Network

1:02:50 - Lightning Network Ecosystem Review

1:19:20 - The Lightning Round