Rusty Russell and privacy and robustness in Lightning - episode 34

Aug 9, 2023

48:36

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Episode notes

Introduction

2min

Lightning Summit: Robustness and Privacy

3min

The L and Symmetry Approach to Asymmetry

3min

The Importance of Simplicity in Closer Channel

5min

The Importance of Simplifying the Peer-to-Peer Protocol

3min

How to Communicate Needs Down to the Lower Layer of the Software Stack

2min

How to Set Expectations Correctly

2min

How to Prioritize Long-Term Work

2min

LDK: A Question Mark for Me

5min

10.

The Robustness Dimension of Privacy

2min

11.

How to Prove You Have Funds for a Chat Work Channel

5min

12.

How to Fix HCLC Failure

2min

13.

The Importance of Soft Rules in Bitcoin Core

4min

14.

The Rainbows and Unicorns of Robustness

2min

15.

The Future of Payments

2min

16.

Lightning: A Critical Component That Needs to Be in Version Zero

6min

Rusty drops by to tell us about why privacy and robustness should be prioritized in Lightning.

We discuss:

LN symmetry (04:39)
- Do we want LN Symmetry to be symmetrical? (05:12)
- Listen to the conversation with instagibbs
Peer to peer protocol (13:30)
CTV (16:54)
Pushing privacy and robustness to the front of the line (20:33)
The dynamics of developing a spec with commercially associated implementations (22:19)
Expecting new implementations (26:22)
Privacy revisited (27:02)
What broke when fee rate spiked? (31:21)