Read_645 - A Look at the Lightning Network - Part 2 [Lyn Alden]

August 22, 2022 02:02:59
Read_645 - A Look at the Lightning Network - Part 2 [Lyn Alden]
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Read_645 - A Look at the Lightning Network - Part 2 [Lyn Alden]

Aug 22 2022 | 02:02:59

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Show Notes

"But more broadly, one must ask, “at what point would someone want to permanently exchange their self-custodial scarce money (bitcoin) that has a 1.8% annual supply inflation rate that is exponentially shrinking, for a soft money (fiat currency) that typically has a 7% annual supply inflation rate or higher?” The answer for many people, is never, as long as the Bitcoin network is still working." - Lyn Alden What is up we are digging into Part 2 of Lyn Alden's amazing piece "A Look at the Lightning Network" - and we have a rather ridiculous Guy's Take after this to cover the rest of the groundwork laid in Part 1 that I didn't get to cover, a lengthy tangent about proof of stake and the total meaningful loss of anything considered independence or decentralization of ETH 2.0 before the merge even happened (that I hadn't actually intended to get into, but you'll get it anyway), and of course, Lyn's amazing breakdown of the trade-offs, the philosophical reasons & practical reasons for layered engineering, and how Lightning is fulfilling the promises of P2P electronic cash. All this in today's episode - get ready Link to the original article and the Swan Bitcoin blog for tons of other great reading: https://www.swanbitcoin.com/a-look-at-the-lightning-network/ The audiobook for Check Your Financial Privilege is now available and covers in depth many of the human rights struggles mentioned by Lyn Alden in this piece: https://www.audible.com/pd/Check-Your-Financial-Privilege-Audiobook/B0B9T6BJC4 And the audio for Allen Farrington's "Wittgenstein's Money" on experiencing the monetization of a truly new monetary good: https://open.spotify.com/episode/1eVvYlfTRG7zGjkZW8klIE?si=db628c9e11b744f1 Check out our amazing sponsors and the products that Guy uses most in the space: • The best place to onboard a true Bitcoiner - Stack sats automatically, withdraw automatically, and learn or get help from the best team of Bitcoiners out there with Swan Bitcoin. (swanbitcoin.com/guy) COME HANG OUT! Join us and the Swan Bitcoin team at the Pacific Bitcoin Conference in November! Get your tickets now, 10% off with code BITOCINAUDIBLE (https://www.pacificbitcoin.com/) • Gets sats back every time you dump fiat at a store, to pay your bills, everything in your fiat life pays you sats with the Fold Debit Card and FoldApp. 20% OFF with code BITCOINAUDIBLE (guyswann.com/fold) • Dive into the Bitcoin only wallet, the cypherpunk calculator, and a company that has built secure Bitcoin products for nearly a decade. Code BITCOINAUDIBLE gets 5% off everything in the store! Coinkite.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bitcoinaudible/message

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