TLS58: Alan Plus on Building LN+, Getting Liquidity, and Lightning Network Adoption

Alan Plus is the founder and CEO of Lightning Network+, a marketplace for getting inbound and outbound liquidity by participating in channel swaps.

In our talk, Alan and I spoke about why he built LN+, how the platform works, and their business model, competition, and network effects on Lightning more broadly.

→ LN+: https://lightningnetwork.plus/

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Timestamps

00:00 - Intro

02:10 - Alan Plus Intro

7:33 - How Do Liquidity Swaps Work?

18:30 - Filtering Nodes In Channel Swaps

22:54 - Competition Among LN Liquidity Marketplaces

28:24 - The Business Model for LN+

33:52 - Privacy on the Lightning Network

40:29 - What Is Slowing Down Lightning Network Adoption?

51:50 - Roadmap for LN+

53:20 - Alan Plus’ Favorite Lightning Apps

1:00:45 - The Lightning Round