How can lightning users secure themselves even further? Just like how hardware wallets and secure elements can help secure your cold storage coins, Validating Lightning Signer (VLS) is a project aiming to help improve the way lightning security works. In this conversation with project co-founder Ken Sedgwick, we chat:

• Why VLS is needed
• How VLS works
• Implementing part of the lightning state machine
• What rules are covered? 
• What lightning implementations are supported? 
• The impact of lightning protocol changes
• Interactions with watchtowers? 
• How you can get involved

Links:

• Twitter: @VLSProject
• Site: Validating Lightning Signer

Sponsors:

• Pacific Bitcoin Festival (code LIVERA)
• CoinKite.com (code LIVERA)
• Mempool.space
• Base58 

Stephan Livera links:

• Follow me on Twitter @stephanlivera
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