Calle, the visionary behind the Cashu Protocol, dives deep into privacy-enhanced micropayments within the Bitcoin Lightning Network. He explains how Cashu simplifies transactions while tackling custodial versus non-custodial solutions and their implications for security. The discussion includes Cashu’s challenges in user adoption and its potential to scale globally. Calle also touches on the innovative role of Nostr in decentralizing DNS, pushing for a future where transactions remain private and secure in our digital landscape.

An expert in Bitcoin-powered Chaumian ecash discusses the history of ecash, lightning network benefits, potential for ecash in corporate infrastructure, scaling solutions, and more. Topics include the future of ecash, better bitcoin custodians, soft forks, VC conspiracies, and the interoperability of lightning network as a payment protocol.

Bitcoin developer Calle discusses building Cashew, an open-source Ecash protocol for Bitcoin. Topics include the rise and fall of E-cash, privacy in Bitcoin, Custodial vs non-Custodial solutions, benefits of E-cash for privacy and censorship resistance, integration with Noster platform, and the future of digital currencies.

Calle, a Nostr expert, and Miljan, a tech innovator discussing Zaps, dive into exciting advances in decentralized social media. They explore the challenges of user accessibility, the evolution of Bitcoin transactions, and how Nostr enables monetary interactions. The conversation also highlights digital vending machines, revolutionizing how we think about transactions. Additionally, they discuss the importance of user data ownership and the potential for innovative solutions within an open, decentralized framework. It's a deep dive into the future of social media and finance!

Guests Ben Carman, Calle, & Rijndael join to discuss reactive security, lightning integration into social networks, Op-Vault, Bitcoin taproot upgrade, LDK v0.0.117 release, pay to pop key, discrete lock equality proofs, signing timestamps, and Bitcoin's golden era of building.