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

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Energy and Bitcoin: An Alliance?

Discussion on the connection between energy and Bitcoin, exploring the potential alliance between the energy policy of AI industry and Bitcoin, and the importance of demand response for AI companies seeking power contracts.

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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 success defined?
1:38:35 - PTLCs
1:43:46 - Bitcoin’s success probability