TLS89: Ben Carman on Lightning Network Privacy, Building Mutiny, and Browser-Based Lightning Wallets

Episode • Dec 30, 2022 • 1h 14m

Ben Carman is a Lightning privacy researcher, working on a handful of Lightning projects including Mutiny Wallet, The Bitcoin Company, and Vortex.

We talked about the state of Lightning Network privacy, the challenge of improving one’s privacy, and the work Ben is doing to bring Lightning wallets directly to your browser with Mutiny.

→ Mutiny Wallet: https://mutinywallet.com/

→ Lightning Privacy Research: https://lightningprivacy.com/

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Links

→ Stack Sats: https://www.stacksats.how/

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→ Books: https://www.kevinrooke.com/book-recommendations

Timestamps

00:00 - Intro

02:24 - Ben Carman Intro

04:45 - Why Ben Loves Open Source Software