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CV156: Henrik Skogstrøm - Torq

Aug 22, 2023
53:50

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This is the one hundred fifty-sixth podcast episode from Crypto Voices.


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Matthew and Michel interview Henrik Skogstrøm, founder and CEO of Torq (formerly known as LN Capital). The Torq platform is enterprise software for managing capital, channels, and routing nodes in a secure, automated, and trigger-driven way.


Contents

00:00:00 Intro

00:01:08 Background on LN Capital (and Torq)

00:02:35 Open or closed?

00:03:12 Target market

00:05:14 State of Lightning Network

00:07:08 Which implementations?

00:07:56 Async?

00:08:24 Active customers?

00:09:00 Main features

00:10:23 Dashboard demo

00:18:10 LSP definition

00:18:50 LN econ vs. On-chain

00:21:05 Scaling Bitcoin w/ LN

00:24:20 Escaping to LN?

00:30:44 Routing node profit motive

00:32:08 LN landscape vs. On-chain

00:35:18 LN capacity

00:39:46 Data collection?

00:40:17 Scaling Lightning

00:43:56 Torq mid-term goals

00:45:50 LN econ vs. On-chain (again)

00:47:37 LN fees vs. On-chain

00:52:48 Closing links


Links for more info:

https://twitter.com/ohskogstrom

https://twitter.com/TorqLN

https://ln.capital/

https://twitter.com/ScalingLN

https://scalinglightning.com/


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Hosts: Matthew Mezinskis, Michel, Alec Harris

Music: New Friend Music newfriendmusic.com/


Podcast & videos

Bitcoin, privacy, cryptoeconomics & liberty


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