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Amboss: Non-Custodial Yield, Rails, and Magma. Building Lightning’s Future

Lightning Ventures: Investing in Bitcoin Startups
Lightning Ventures: Investing in Bitcoin Startups
Episode • Jul 18 • 48m

In this Deep Dive, Jesse from Amboss discusses their expanding suite of Lightning Network tools—from Rails enabling non-custodial Bitcoin yield to Magma’s peer-to-peer channel marketplace and liquidity subscriptions for automated payment reliability. He explains how Amboss empowers businesses and individuals to earn yield, manage liquidity, and prepare for innovations like stablecoins on Lightning. With insights on compliance, privacy, and future plans, Jesse shares how Amboss is driving adoption and simplifying Lightning’s complexity for a global audience.


We talk about:

- Intro to Jesse and Amboss’s Lightning network mission

- Overview of Rails for earning Bitcoin yield non-custodially

- How macaroons enable secure delegated permissions in Rails

- Thea and Voltage partnerships for onboarding and infrastructure

- Liquidity lockups, withdrawals, and user funds management explained

- Pricing model: $30/month node fee plus 0.6% AUM for Rails

- Cash App yield comparison and Lightning withdrawal insights

- Magma: marketplace for buying and selling Lightning channels

- Liquidity subscriptions automate payment reliability for businesses

- Reflex: compliance tools for Lightning regulatory protection

- Lightning privacy facts and addressing traceability misconceptions

- Amboss Space as the go-to hub for Lightning network analytics

- Plans for stablecoins and Taproot assets integration on Lightning

- Vision for decentralizing finance and supporting global payments

00:00 Introduction and Guest Welcome

01:17 Overview of Topics to be Discussed

02:11 Jesse's Digital Nomad Life

03:35 Introduction to Rails and Bitcoin Yield

07:08 Understanding Cash App's Yield

09:45 Non-Custodial Bitcoin Liquidity

16:55 Revenue Model for Rails

23:02 Introduction to Magma Marketplace

24:35 Magma Marketplace in Action

27:46 Automating Bitcoin Payments

28:52 Understanding Liquidity Subscriptions

29:54 Machine Learning in Payment Processing

30:32 Launch and Adoption of Liquidity Subscriptions

35:09 Regulatory Concerns and Compliance

42:29 Ambos Space and Lightning Network Analytics

49:05 Future of Ambos and Lightning Network Innovations

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