Unconfirmed: Why It Doesn’t Make Sense to Compare Lightning to DeFi - Ep.279
Oct 8 2021 • 39m
Show Notes
how Lightning Network is bringing Bitcoin to the masses through partnerships with Twitter, Substack, and Paxful
what the significance of El Salvador adopting Bitcoin means for the Lightning Network
how many nodes are running Lightning Network nodes
why the capacity on the Lightning Network has grown rapidly
how Ryan has seen interest in Lightning has changed since the El Salvador announcement earlier this year
what stage of adoption Ryan thinks the Lightning Network is
why Lightning Network total-value-locked should not be compared to Ethereum L2s or other DeFi protocols
how Lightning Network differs from DeFi
what metric Ryan believes is the best way to measure adoption on Lightning Network
how El Salvador has changed the types of transactions being made on Lightning Network
what’s next for Lightning Network and how Lightning micropayments could affect how podcasts (like Unchained!) are distributed
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Episode Links
Ryan Gentry
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ryanthegentry
The Summer of Lightning: Reaching the Tipping Point
https://lightninglabs.substack.com/p/the-summer-of-lightning-reaching
Lightning Labs
Twitter: https://twitter.com/lightning
Website: https://lightning.engineering/
Lightning Enabled Tips
Twitter:
https://blog.twitter.com/en_us/topics/product/2021/bringing-tips-to-everyone
Substack:
https://decrypt.co/79215/substack-accept-bitcoin-payments-lightning-network
Paxful Integration
https://bitcoinmagazine.com/business/paxful-integrates-bitcoin-lightning-network
Arcane Research Paper
Paper:
https://static1.squarespace.com/static/60377b34e7791c1277aaae97/t/615cb9aeaab8c63e1a732771/1633466815710/The+State+of+Lightning.pdf
Tweet thread:
https://twitter.com/ArcaneResearch/status/1445749299703205894
Lightning Network stats
https://studio.glassnode.com/metrics?a=BTC&c=native&category=Lightning&chartStyle=column&contractExpiration=1640908800&ema=0&m=lightning.NetworkCapacitySum&mAvg=0&mMedian=0&resolution=24h&zoom=all
https://1ml.com/statistics
Lightning Network Resources
https://www.lopp.net/lightning-information.html
Preston Pysh episode with BTC Sessions
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5bBJjVEg1U
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