TLS90: Evan Kaloudis on Building Zeus, Lightning Self Custody, Open Source Funding, Tor, and Taro

Evan Kaloudis is the founder of Zeus, an open-source and self-custodial mobile Lightning wallet.

We talked about building Zeus and the new features it offers, the tension between custodial and self-custodial Lightning wallets, and the roadmap and business model for Zeus looking forward.

→ Zeus: https://zeusln.app/

Sponsors

→ Voltage: https://voltage.cloud?utm_source=kevinrooke&utm_medium=Youtube&utm_campaign=1mo

→ Stakwork: https://stakwork.com/

This show is a Lightning podcast. That means instead of asking for likes or shares, I ask for sats.

The best way to show your support is to download Fountain from the App Store, load your wallet with some sats, and send them over the Lightning Network to kerooke@fountain.fm.

→ Fountain: https://www.fountain.fm/

→ More Episodes: https://play.fountain.fm/show/P6XXuSPg6f2rj4ECB0fT

→ Lightning Address: ⚡kerooke@fountain.fm

Links

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

→ Bitcoin News: https://stacker.news/r/kr

→ Twitter: https://twitter.com/kerooke

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

Timestamps

00:00 - Intro

02:17 - Evan Kaloudis Intro

06:43 - Evan’s Decision to Build Zeus

17:01 - What Is Missing from the Lightning Ecosystem?

23:59 - Custodial vs. Self-Custodial Lightning Payments

36:49 - Privacy on the Lightning Network

40:20 - Why Haven’t Regulators Targeted Lightning Companies?

42:04 - Taro and Zeus

46:09 - Zeus 0.7 Release

59:33 - Can Bitcoin Payments Fix Tor?

1:10:23 - Zeus’ Business Model

1:15:30 - The Lightning Round