Dive into Lightning Service Providers, Future of Lightning, Covenants, & Preventing Attacks on Bitcoin. Explore Signatures, Taproot & Multisig standards, and Bitcoin security. Learn about Bitcoin covenants, guitar analogy, and WASM for Lightning security. Discuss communication protocols, multi-sig challenges post Taproot, and Bitcoin as a financial asset. Delve into regulatory hurdles in mining, Taro Protocol features, Merkle Trees, and asset creation in blockchain systems.

In this episode, Nadav Kohen of Suredbits discusses payment points as an alternative to HTLCs on the Lightning Network. They cover topics such as timelocks, PTLCs, proof of payment, invoiceless transactions, and stuckless payments. They also explore the use of Schnorr signatures and contingent payments. Overall, an intriguing conversation on the potential of payment points.