The Kevin Rooke Show

Today’s episode features Andy Schoonover at CrowdHealth which is stacks sats by giving Americans a community-powered, and Bitcoin-powered alternative to health insurance.→ CrowdHealth: https://www.joincrowdhealth.com/ Sponsors → Stakwork: https://stacksats.how/stakwork→ CrowdHealth: https://www.joincrowdhealth.com/ This show is a Lightning podcast. That means instead of asking for likes or shares, I ask for sats. The best way to show your support is to download Fountain from the App Store, load your wallet with some sats, and send them over the Lightning Network to kerooke@fountain.fm. → Fountain: https://www.fountain.fm/→ More Episodes: https://www.stacksats.how/podcast→ Lightning Address: ⚡kerooke@fountain.fm Links→ Stack Sats: https://www.stacksats.how/→ Twitter: https://twitter.com/kerooke→ Books: https://www.kevinrooke.com/book-recommendations→ Stacker News: https://stacker.news/r/kr

Marc Levinson, an economist and historian, unpacks the revolutionary impact of containerization on global trade in this insightful discussion. He shares the story of Malcolm McLean, whose vision transformed shipping logistics and streamlined international commerce. Levinson examines how the standardization of containers reshaped economies, especially in Asia, and the challenges dock workers faced during this transition. The conversation also explores potential threats to the industry and the future of sustainable shipping practices.

Christian Decker is an engineer at Blockstream. We spoke in October about how their recently released Blockstream Greenlight works, custody trade-offs on the Lightning Network, and much more. → Blockstream Greenlight: https://blockstream.com/lightning/greenlight/ Sponsors → Stakwork: https://stacksats.how/stakwork → CrowdHealth: https://www.joincrowdhealth.com/ This show is a Lightning podcast. That means instead of asking for likes or shares, I ask for sats. The best way to show your support is to download Fountain from the App Store, load your wallet with some sats, and send them over the Lightning Network to kerooke@fountain.fm. → Fountain: https://www.fountain.fm/ → More Episodes: https://www.stacksats.how/podcast → Lightning Address: ⚡kerooke@fountain.fm → Nostr NIP-05: kr@stacker.news Links → Bookmarked: https://www.bookmarked.club/ → Stack Sats: https://www.stacksats.how/ → Twitter: https://twitter.com/kerooke

Christopher Calicott is the Managing Director at Trammell Venture Partners, the first Bitcoin-native VC fund. We spoke in September about TVP’s business, the investing frameworks they use, why they’re so excited about things like AI and the Lightning Network, and much more. → Trammell Venture Partners: https://tvp.fund/ Sponsors → Stakwork: https://stacksats.how/stakwork → CrowdHealth: https://www.joincrowdhealth.com/ → Vida: https://vida.io/ This show is a Lightning podcast. That means instead of asking for likes or shares, I ask for sats. The best way to show your support is to download Fountain from the App Store, load your wallet with some sats, and send them over the Lightning Network to kerooke@fountain.fm. → Fountain: https://www.fountain.fm/ → More Episodes: https://www.stacksats.how/podcast → Lightning Address: ⚡kerooke@fountain.fm → Nostr NIP-05: kr@stacker.news Links → Stack Sats: https://www.stacksats.how/ → Twitter: https://twitter.com/kerooke → Book Recommendations: https://www.bookmarked.club/ → Stacker News: https://stacker.news/r/kr

Sam Wouters is a Bitcoin Research Analyst at River, and helped write one of the most comprehensive reports on Bitcoin’s Lightning Network to date. In our conversation we explored River's latest report and went back and forth on a lot of the topics and stats that I found most interesting. → River's Lightning Report: https://river.com/learn/files/river-lightning-report-2023.pdf Sponsors → Stakwork: https://stacksats.how/stakwork → CrowdHealth: https://www.joincrowdhealth.com/ This show is a Lightning podcast. That means instead of asking for likes or shares, I ask for sats. The best way to show your support is to download Fountain from the App Store, load your wallet with some sats, and send them over the Lightning Network to kerooke@fountain.fm. → Fountain: https://www.fountain.fm/ → More Episodes: https://www.stacksats.how/podcast → Lightning Address: ⚡kerooke@fountain.fm → Nostr NIP-05: kr@stacker.news Links → Stack Sats: https://www.stacksats.how/ → Twitter: https://twitter.com/kerooke → Books: https://www.kevinrooke.com/book-recommendations → Bitcoin News: https://stacker.news/r/kr

Fanis Michalakis is a developer at LN Markets, a Bitcoin derivatives exchange built on the Lightning Network. In our conversation, we covered the value of Lightning-powered trading, DLCs and the Lightning Network, and we discussed LN Markets adoption and product roadmap. → LN Markets: https://lnmarkets.com Sponsor → Stakwork: https://stacksats.how/stakwork This show is a Lightning podcast. That means instead of asking for likes or shares, I ask for sats. The best way to show your support is to download Fountain from the App Store, load your wallet with some sats, and send them over the Lightning Network to kerooke@fountain.fm. → Fountain: https://www.fountain.fm/ → More Episodes: https://www.stacksats.how/podcast → Lightning Address: ⚡kerooke@fountain.fm → Nostr NIP-05: kr@stacker.news Links → Stack Sats: https://www.stacksats.how/ → Twitter: https://twitter.com/kerooke → Books: https://www.kevinrooke.com/book-recommendations → Bitcoin News: https://stacker.news/r/kr

The Satoshi Coffee Co. is a merchant who has stacked millions of sats for their line of fresh-roasted coffee. → Satoshi Coffee Co: https://sats.coffee/ Sponsors → Stakwork: https://stacksats.how/stakwork → Nodeless: https://nodeless.io This show is a Lightning podcast. That means instead of asking for likes or shares, I ask for sats. The best way to show your support is to download Fountain from the App Store, load your wallet with some sats, and send them over the Lightning Network to kerooke@fountain.fm. → Fountain: https://www.fountain.fm/ → More Episodes: https://www.stacksats.how/podcast → Lightning Address: ⚡kerooke@fountain.fm Links → Stack Sats: https://www.stacksats.how/ → Twitter: https://twitter.com/kerooke → Books: https://www.kevinrooke.com/book-recommendations → Bitcoin News: https://stacker.news/r/kr

Jesse Shrader is the CEO of Amboss, a data analytics platform built for the Lightning Network that also offers a marketplace for buying and selling Lightning channels. In our conversation, we covered the adoption of Amboss’ Magma marketplace to date, how their new product Hydro aims to help merchants and those seeking yields on their Lightning liquidity, and we examined the structure of the Lightning Network in the context of other transportation networks. → Amboss Hydro: https://amboss.space/hydro/intro Sponsors → Voltage: https://stacksats.how/voltage → Stakwork: https://stacksats.how/stakwork This show is a Lightning podcast. That means instead of asking for likes or shares, I ask for sats. The best way to show your support is to download Fountain from the App Store, load your wallet with some sats, and send them over the Lightning Network to kerooke@fountain.fm. → Fountain: https://www.fountain.fm/ → More Episodes: https://www.stacksats.how/podcast → Lightning Address: ⚡kerooke@fountain.fm → Nostr NIP-05: kr@stacker.news Links → Stack Sats: https://www.stacksats.how/ → Twitter: https://twitter.com/kerooke → Books: https://www.kevinrooke.com/book-recommendations → Bitcoin News: https://stacker.news/r/kr Timestamps 00:00 - Intro 02:24 - Jesse Shrader Intro 05:07 - Understanding Yield, Cost, and APR on Magma 19:45 - Metrics for Understanding the Lightning Network 25:15 - Amboss Magma Adoption & Challenges 29:09 - How Amboss Hydro Improves Magma Demand 39:07 - Privacy on Amboss and the Lightning Network 52:57 - Auditability on the Lightning Network 59:40 - Lightning & Railways 1:11:59 - Payment Reliability on the Lightning Network 1:14:15 - The Lightning Round

Artur Brugeman is the founder of Nostr Band, a collection of Nostr search services for exploring the Nostr ecosystem. In our discussion, we explored the state of Nostr adoption so far, the catalysts that could usher in the next wave of users, the role of Lightning payments on Nostr, and why Nostr Band is working on building a Nostr browser called Spring. → Nostr Band: https://nostr.band/ → Spring: https://spring.site/ Sponsors → Voltage: https://stacksats.how/voltage → Stakwork: https://stacksats.how/stakwork This show is a Lightning podcast. That means instead of asking for likes or shares, I ask for sats. The best way to show your support is to download Fountain from the App Store, load your wallet with some sats, and send them over the Lightning Network to kerooke@fountain.fm. → Fountain: https://www.fountain.fm/ → More Episodes: https://www.stacksats.how/podcast → Lightning Address: ⚡kerooke@fountain.fm → Nostr NIP-05: kr@stacker.news Links → Stack Sats: https://www.stacksats.how/ → Twitter: https://twitter.com/kerooke → Books: https://www.kevinrooke.com/book-recom... → Bitcoin News: https://stacker.news/r/kr Timestamps 00:00 - Intro 02:06 - Artur Brugeman Intro 08:30 - What is Nostr Band? 16:57 - Nostr Search vs. Google Search 23:05 - Adoption and Key Themes for the Nostr Ecosystem 40:05 - Beyond Censorship Resistance, Why Use Nostr? 55:27 - The Role of Lightning Payments on Nostr 1:04:00 - Spring, The Nostr Browser 1:14:25 - Why You Should Try Using Nostr Again 1:17:04 - The Lightning Round

Alex Leishman is the CEO of River, a US-based Bitcoin exchange that also offers Bitcoin mining and Lightning Network services. In our discussion, we explored the challenges with Lightning today and the potential solutions that could usher in the future of Lightning payments, the best ways to measure the growth of the Lightning Network, and River’s strategy for managing one of the world’s largest Lightning nodes. → River: https://river.com/ Sponsors → Voltage: https://stacksats.how/voltage → Stakwork: https://stacksats.how/stakwork This show is a Lightning podcast. That means instead of asking for likes or shares, I ask for sats. The best way to show your support is to download Fountain from the App Store, load your wallet with some sats, and send them over the Lightning Network to kerooke@fountain.fm. → Fountain: https://www.fountain.fm/ → More Episodes: https://www.stacksats.how/podcast → Lightning Address: ⚡kerooke@fountain.fm → Nostr NIP-05: kr@stacker.news Links → Stack Sats: https://www.stacksats.how/ → Twitter: https://twitter.com/kerooke → Books: https://www.kevinrooke.com/book-recommendations → Bitcoin News: https://stacker.news/r/kr Timestamps 00:00 - Intro 02:18 - Alex Leishman Intro 04:24 - Lightning Payments in 2025 09:22 - What Impact Will Splicing Have on Lightning? 14:49 - The Importance of Reusable QR Codes 23:29 - Catalysts for Lightning Adoption 29:05 - Measuring The Growth of the Lightning Network 35:56 - Taproot Assets & River 40:18 - Stablecoins on Lightning 46:58 - Other Layer 2 Protocols on Bitcoin 51:52 - How River Manages Their Lightning Node 57:35 - River’s Public vs. Private Channels 1:02:46 - Alex’s Lightning Advice for CZ and Binance 1:12:39 - The Lightning Round