Stephan Livera Podcast27 Okt 2025

PLAN B Lugano Podcast - Day 1 with Philip Walton, Roy Sheinfeld, Tiero | SLP697

Join me as I interview some of the leading voices that are building on Bitcoin - Philip Walton Bringing affordable energy to Africa, Value transfer over payments & Time2Build by Roy and how Arkade is enhancing Bitcoin’s layer 2 with Tiero.

Timestamps:

(00:00) - Intro

(2:37) - Philip’s background and the genesis of Gridless

(4:20) - Why build Gridless in Africa?

(06:09) - Difference between Energy generation & distribution

(10:24) - Communities affected by Bitcoin mining

(12:45) - Operational challenges for Gridless

(17:23) - Costs for operating Bitcoin mining machines

(21:23) - Mini grids

(23:00) - Regulatory risks

(25:07) - Global macro trends that impact Gridless

(27:31) - “Payments are a fiat mindset” Roy Sheinfeld

(30:40) - Value transfers are permissionless & provide optionality

(32:48) - Time2Build by Breez

(39:40) - What are the different forms of Nodeless?; Concerns with Spark transactions

(48:09) - What are the fees associated with Breez?

(51:30) - What is Arkade? Tiero explains…

(57:00) - How does batching transactions work?; Unilateral exit costs

(1:01:48) - What is Arkade script?

(1:10:00) - Use cases of Arkade and Arkade Script

(1:21:04) - Future of Arkade

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