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Read_693 - Lightning & The Airport Analogy [Danny Scott]
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Read_693 - Lightning & The Airport Analogy [Danny Scott]

Jan 19 2023 • 31m

Show Notes

"But as with all new technology, it can be incredibly hard to explain what’s actually happening, without getting too complex. This got me thinking about Bitcoin education and how to ELI5 (Explain Like I’m 5) with Bitcoin Lightning, enter… Bitcoin Lightning: The Airport Analogy" - Danny Scott

Today we hit a short piece but a really great analogy in order to make sense of the lightning network. Since I've recently had a few people ask me about this and a fellow audionaut made a great suggestion for a short article, I thought this would be good to hit especially in the spirit of trying to get back to covering some of the fundamentals of Bitcoin and how it and many of the tools around it work, in simple, digestible explanations. And so we paint an easy picture of Lightning, with the Airport Analogy.

Link to Danny's medium page for his other writing and more from the CoinCorner Blog:
https://blog.coincorner.com/how-bitcoin-lightning-works-a21fdb5f0450

Another great pice mentioned in the Guy's Take is Isaiah's Job:
https://open.spotify.com/episode/5snLqMe7gd9crBvKpcBT5G?si=b06aa288bfa748ca
Check out the show on Fountain:
https://fountain.fm/show/RtZlWdbEbpyEyjBNbeQ7

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@pwmarcinko
50,000 sats
Jan 22 2023
instead of back to basics. call it "Back to (the) Core" and then you can put "BTC" at the beginning of the episode. or even BTTC. regardless..... keep up the good work! appreciate all that you do!
@theguyswann
Jan 23 2023
hmm, that’s a thought! 🤔 I hold that one for a bit and see how it feels. thank you for the suggestion AND the amazing boost!! 🧡⚡️
@eselsee
34,567 sats
Jan 21 2023
Found you and Clint on POTP a while back and forgot how I found you. The last time reminded me. I hope to get more normies listening to this show. Thanks in part to this show, I buy TX beef with BTC. Wish I had more choices to stack here in NYS.
@theguyswann
Jan 23 2023
HELL YEAH!.gif - awesome to hear man, we will probably be having another POTP in the not too distant future. 🙏🏻🧡
@bloggingbitcoin
21,000 sats
Jan 24 2023
What up man. Sorry my Umbrel died and I can't send 21 sats to you every 6 blocks anymore so I've decided to send you 21,000 sats on fountain every month.(Unless the price goes up 20x or something)
@theguyswann
Jan 25 2023
what up dude! thank you 🧡🙏🏻
@kaas_peeland
3,690 sats
Jan 22 2023
thanks for your work!!!
@saintsandsats
2,222 sats
Jan 20 2023
Great content as always.
@theguyswann
Jan 23 2023
🧡🧡🫡
@commonsense
1,000 sats
Jan 24 2023
I think caca means Doodoo in one of those eastern European Slavik languages. I love this airport analogy Guy. I had to listen to it twice. Now I’ll practice telling it and introduce it to a very important sceptic in my space.
@boatingaccident
1,000 sats
Jan 21 2023
What if you just call it “Bitcoin Basics”? Just on the surface calling it “Back to Basics” sounds more like a review for people who already know the info.
@theguyswann
Jan 23 2023
good point. that’s something to consider. I do prefer the super simple options that you don’t have to think about, & this is even simpler than mine. 🤔
@michaelmatulef
500 sats
Feb 1 2023
✈️=⚡
@marksea
500 sats
Jan 23 2023
short read boost
@kennyc
500 sats
Jan 29 2023
Great analogy for the Lightning Network, but I also liked some of the analogies that you expressed in your Guy's take afterward. Feels like there was a missed opportunity for the author to elaborate on hubs within the airline system, as I see large lightning nodes with spokes going out to many other "hubs" as well as individuals' nodes (regional small airports) as a great analogy for the necessity of such hubs within the airline traffic system.
@josephjoeyjoe
250 sats
26 Dec
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