Pierre Rochard: Lightning Network, BIP 157, Loop, Node Launcher and More

Pierre Rochard and Brady get into the history of the Bitcoin Lightning Network, the basics of how it works, onboarding new users to Lightning and how BIP 157 can help, the problem of inbound capacity and how Lightning Loop can help, Lightning Power Users and the Node Launcher and what our Bitcoin future will look like - spoiler - "Renaissance" was mentioned again.

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Links from this episode:

Pierre Rochard and Gavin Andresen Discuss the Block Size Limit

Bitcoin Lightning Network White Paper

The Lightning Network - Coinbase Tech Talk - January 29, 2016

Christian Decker’s tweet about LN channel opens per block

Understanding the Lightning Network, Part 1: Building a Bidirectional Bitcoin Payment Channel

Announcing Lightning Loop Alpha: An Easier Way to Receive on Lightning

Exploring Lightning Network Routing

BIP 157

BIP 37

Understanding the technical side of bitcoin

Lightning Power Users

Easiest bitcoin lightning guide

Node Launcher download