Ryan Gentry, business development lead at Lightning Labs, discusses the latest updates on the Lightning Network, the layer 2 solution for Bitcoin. Highlights: <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">how Lightning Network is bringing Bitcoin to the masses through partnerships with Twitter, Substack, and Paxful</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">what the significance of El Salvador adopting Bitcoin means for the Lightning Network</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">how many nodes are running Lightning Network nodes</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">why the capacity on the Lightning Network has grown rapidly</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">how Ryan has seen interest in Lightning has changed since the El Salvador announcement earlier this year</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">what stage of adoption Ryan thinks the Lightning Network is</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">why Lightning Network total-value-locked should not be compared to Ethereum L2s or other DeFi protocols </li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">how Lightning Network differs from DeFi</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">what metric Ryan believes is the best way to measure adoption on Lightning Network</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">how El Salvador has changed the types of transactions being made on Lightning Network</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">what’s next for Lightning Network and how Lightning micropayments could affect how podcasts (like Unchained!) are distributed</li> </ul> Thank you to our sponsors! Crypto.com: <a href= "https://crypto.onelink.me/J9Lg/unconfirmedcardearnfeb2021"> https://crypto.onelink.me/J9Lg/unconfirmedcardearnfeb2021</a>         Nodle: <a href= "https://bit.ly/3AXGydJ">https://bit.ly/3AXGydJ</a>   Sorare: <a href= "https://sorare.com/">https://sorare.com</a>            Episode Links   Ryan Gentry <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">Twitter: <a href= "https://twitter.com/ryanthegentry?lang=en">https://twitter.com/ryanthegentry</a></li> </ul>   The Summer of Lightning: Reaching the Tipping Point <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><a href= "https://lightninglabs.substack.com/p/the-summer-of-lightning-reaching"> https://lightninglabs.substack.com/p/the-summer-of-lightning-reaching</a> </li> </ul>   Lightning Labs <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">Twitter: <a href= "https://twitter.com/lightning">https://twitter.com/lightning</a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">Website: <a href= "https://lightning.engineering/">https://lightning.engineering/</a> </li> </ul>   Lightning Enabled Tips <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">Twitter:</li> <li style="list-style: none; display: inline"> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="2"><a href= "https://blog.twitter.com/en_us/topics/product/2021/bringing-tips-to-everyone"> https://blog.twitter.com/en_us/topics/product/2021/bringing-tips-to-everyone</a> </li> </ul> </li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">Substack:</li> <li style="list-style: none; display: inline"> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="2"><a href= "https://decrypt.co/79215/substack-accept-bitcoin-payments-lightning-network"> https://decrypt.co/79215/substack-accept-bitcoin-payments-lightning-network</a></li> </ul> </li> </ul>   Paxful Integration <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><a href= "https://bitcoinmagazine.com/business/paxful-integrates-bitcoin-lightning-network"> https://bitcoinmagazine.com/business/paxful-integrates-bitcoin-lightning-network</a> </li> </ul>   Arcane Research Paper <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">Paper:</li> <li style="list-style: none; display: inline"> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="2"><a href= "https://static1.squarespace.com/static/60377b34e7791c1277aaae97/t/615cb9aeaab8c63e1a732771/1633466815710/The+State+of+Lightning.pdf"> https://static1.squarespace.com/static/60377b34e7791c1277aaae97/t/615cb9aeaab8c63e1a732771/1633466815710/The+State+of+Lightning.pdf</a></li> </ul> </li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">Tweet thread:</li> <li style="list-style: none; display: inline"> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="2"><a href= "https://twitter.com/ArcaneResearch/status/1445749299703205894"> https://twitter.com/ArcaneResearch/status/1445749299703205894</a></li> </ul> </li> </ul>   Lightning Network stats <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><a href= "https://studio.glassnode.com/metrics?a=BTC&c=native&category=Lightning&chartStyle=column&contractExpiration=1640908800&ema=0&m=lightning.NetworkCapacitySum&mAvg=0&mMedian=0&resolution=24h&zoom=all"> https://studio.glassnode.com/metrics?a=BTC&c=native&category=Lightning&chartStyle=column&contractExpiration=1640908800&ema=0&m=lightning.NetworkCapacitySum&mAvg=0&mMedian=0&resolution=24h&zoom=all</a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><a href= "https://1ml.com/statistics">https://1ml.com/statistics</a></li> </ul>   Lightning Network Resources <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><a href= "https://www.lopp.net/lightning-information.html">https://www.lopp.net/lightning-information.html</a> </li> </ul>   Preston Pysh episode with BTC Sessions <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><a href= "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5bBJjVEg1U">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5bBJjVEg1U</a> </li> </ul>

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