The Downsides of Using Lightning Network for Smaller Amounts

How many people can use Bitcoin and Lightning today? Severin Buhler from Synonym joins me to talk about the LSP spec as well as lightning development. We talk about how the new LSP spec will enable more wallet builders, and more user choice, as well as smoothing the process for LSPs to compete: 

• What is an LSP
• A marketplace of LSPs
• Competition between jurisdictions
• Wallet of Satoshi news
• How many people can use lightning? 
• LSP business models
• LSPS1 and 2
• JIT Channels
• Asynchronous payments
• Blocktank

Links:

• X: @SeverinAlexB 
• X: @lnrouter
• Site: lnrouter.app 
• Site: Synonym.to

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