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Learn about the global investment opportunities unlocked by the HSVIL token for financing the new Hampton by Hilton at San Salvador Airport with Michelle Matioda, Director at Mikro Capital and Roberto Laguardia, CEO of Inverlag. Investment details: 🌊 Aim to raise $6.25M 🎟️ 10% coupon over 5 years ✋ Minimum investment of $1,000 Hosted by Jesse Knutson, Head of Operations at @Bitfinexexchange.🧑‍💻 Follow Blockstream 🧠 Follow Blockstream Research 🏦 Register for the next Bitcoin Capital livestream 📱 Download Blockstream Green wallet  🔑 Buy a Jade hardware wallet 🌊 Explore the Liquid Network ⚡️ Build on Core Lightning    

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Follow Relai Follow Greenlight Follow AdemFollow Jesse 🇨🇭 Learn more about Relai🚦 Find out more about Greenlight02:19 Getting started in Bitcoin04:22 Buying and selling Bitcoin on Relai05:42 The benefits of a non-custodial architecture07:54 Integrating non-custodial Lightning wallets in Relai09:20 Partnering with Greenlight by Blockstream10:45 Why Relai chose to integrate with Greenlight12:56 Improving the user experience on Lightning14:32 Greenlight integration process17:17 Lightning adoption activity on Relai21:10 Overcoming the challenges of integrating Lightning23:40 Advice for enterprizes looking to integrate Lightning25:08 What’s next for Relai?

Follow JAN3Follow Andrew Follow RaúlFollow Jesse🌎  Learn more about JAN3 🌊  Download Aqua Wallet💧 Learn more about the Liquid Network 02:31 What makes Aqua wallet different?07:50 Tether's role in Bitcoin onboarding10:58 Lightning payments in the Aqua wallet21:42 Advantages of Tether on the Liquid Network28:30 Jan3 Financial42:04 Jan3 and Botev Plovdiv FC49:12 Aqua wallet and BTCMap51:21 Aqua wallet roadmap

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Follow Samson Follow JAN3  Follow AQUA wallet  Follow Jesse🌊 Learn more about the Liquid Network 💦 Download AQUA wallet  🍊 Explore JAN302:14 Introducing Samson Mow and JAN304:35 JAN3 approach to nation state orange pilling08:44 Most receptive regions for nation state Bitcoin adoption15:27 Bitcoin mining and nation state adoption20:25 Geographical arbitrage and collectivism24:32 AQUA wallet and Liquid BTC adoption26:12 Key features of the AQUA wallet30:33 Liquid based Tether (USDt)32:25 Liquid FUD and Liquid derangement syndrome35:49 Liquid and Lightning interoperability38:22 Bitcoin layer-2 innovations42:15 Bitcoin ETFs “Wild BTC vs Zoo BTC”48:15 2024 and beyond for Bitcoin and JAN3

Follow Lisa Follow Base58Follow Bitcoin++Follow Jesse🎓 Visit the Base58 website🇦🇷 Catch the next Bitcoin ++ conferenece⛈️ Follow Core Lightning🧑‍💻 Open an issue in the Core Lightning GitHub 🏗️ Learn more about Core Lightning in BuildOnL2👋 Ask devs a question in the Discord⚙️ Get technical support in Telegram📝 Core Lightning Documentation Portal02:13 Starting work on the Lightning Network03:34 Differentiated features of Core Lightning06:24 Working on “Lightning v2”08:13 Greenlight: Lightning node as a service11:53 The benefits of non-custodial architecture12:41 Starting work on open-source projects13:57 Recruitment for open-source projects15:14 Marketing Bitcoin development opportunities20:29 Lightning FUD22:22 BTC Plus Plus developer conference26:53 Base58: A Bitcoin protocol school29:04 Boltz.Exchange: Liquid and Lightning swaps32:6 New Bitcoin layer-2 protocols34:40 Opcodes explained37:32 Lightning Network mainstream adoption43:46 BTC Plus Plus and Base58

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Follow Rusty on X.comFollow Jesse on X.comFollow Core Lightning on X.com 👨‍💻 Open an issue in the Core Lightning GitHub 🏗️ Learn more about Core Lightning in BuildOnL2 👋 Ask devs a question in the Discord ⚒️ Get technical support in Telegram🧾 Core Lightning Documentation Portal ⚡️ Open the Greenlight developer console 02:15 Developing Lightning implementations from spec10:10 Lightning Network global adoption11:42 Integrating Lightning on Blockstream Green14:02 Lightning payments with Miss Universe El Salvador15:48 Development of new Lightning use cases17:14 Enabling wumbo payments on Lightning18:54 Custodial vs non-custodial21:58 ETF vs self-custody not your keys not your coins23:36 The importance of taking self-custody26:40 Optimising Lightning around mainchain fees31:20 Use cases for Greenlight by Blockstream33:28 Using Lighting payments in GameFi34:31 The Phoenix wallet by ASINQ36:06 Liquid and Lightning layer-2 interoperability37:15 Splicing and dual funding40:27 Core Lightning v23.1142:16 Starting development with Core Lightning43:02 Sats vs Bits43:56 Improving privacy on Lightning

@BtcpayServer @MrKukks  @pavlenex @Blockstream@KnutsonJesse@Liquid_BTCFollow Blockstream on Nostr:npub1jg552aulj07skd6e7y2hu0vl5g8nl5jvfw8jhn6jpjk0vjd0waksvl6n8n🧑‍🔧 Explore BTCPayserver 🇱🇻 See the Baltic Honeybadger case study 02:00 Introduction to BTCPay Server02:43 BTCPay Server and Baltic Honeybadger04:26 Utilizing SideShift and Prism plugins on BTCPay Server 09:53 How merchants deal with Bitcoin volatility13:35 Scaling Lightning payments custodial vs non-custodial20:55 Onboarding merchants to Bitcoin with BTCPay Server23:46 Bitcoin POS systems used at Baltic Honeybadger

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@Blockstream @VLSProject@ksedgwic@KnutsonJesseFollow Blockstream on Nostr:npub1jg552aulj07skd6e7y2hu0vl5g8nl5jvfw8jhn6jpjk0vjd0waksvl6n8n⚡️ Explore the VLS project🚦 Learn more about Greenlight here 02:00 What’s difficult about running a Lightning node?06:42 Motivation for developing VLS08:37 VLS basic security model10:20 VLS hardware signing devices11:17 VLS release status13:46 VLS disaster recovery charter17:15 VLS integration with Greenlight18:34 UTXO set oracles22:02 VLS validation rules24:02 What’s next for VLS25:17 Using multisignature with VLS28:22 How to contribute to the VLS open-source project

@blksresearch@Blockstream@KnutsonJesseFollow Blockstream on Nostr:npub1jg552aulj07skd6e7y2hu0vl5g8nl5jvfw8jhn6jpjk0vjd0waksvl6n8n🏪 Get a copy of Codex32 in the Blockstream Store🥼 Visit the Blockstream Research website📚 See the archive of Blockstream Research's cutting edge work 🔊 Join the SImplicity discussion on GitHub🧑‍🏫  Simplicity BuildOnL2 general thread 📖 Blockstream Research blog1:28 Introduction to Blockstream Research14:04 The Codex32 paper computer20:51 What is Shamir’s Secret Sharing?27:21 How Jade protects key information34:47 Implementing Miniscript in Blockstream Jade38:31 Wen Simplicity on Liquid ser?48:45 Formal verification with Simplicity53:31 Using Simplicity for CTV & APO functionality59:35 How drivechains differ from other layer-2s1:10:39 FROST and MuSig21:16:53 Blockstream Satellite and zero-knowledge proofs1:22:13 Blockstream Research’s work on bulletproofs ++1:35:52 The next 12-18 months in Bitcoin development

@Blockstream@KnutsonJesse@Liquid_BTC🌊 Find out more about the Liquid Network⛏️ Learn about the Blockstream Mining Note  02:10 Erik’s path to Bitcoin03:38 How Mt. Gox influenced Blockstream06:26 Surviving multiple market cycles23:29 Asset issuance on Liquid28:29 Blockstream Mining Note32:33 Crossover between Bitcoin & tradfi35:15 Institutional interest in integrating Liquid38:50 Working with Dr. Adam Back42:10 Bitcoin adoption inflection points44:41 Bitcoin usage in different markets46:42 What’s next for Blockstream?

@Blockstream@KnutsonJesse Learn more about Blockstream 🌊⚡️Follow Blockstream on Nostr npub1jg552aulj07skd6e7y2hu0vl5g8nl5jvfw8jhn6jpjk0vjd0waksvl6n8n02:00 Jeff’s role at Blockstream 03:00 Bitcoin layer-2 synergies04:05 Lightning & Liquid’s effect on Bitcoin adoption11:00 Greenlight 12:39 Integrating Lightning in Blockstream Green 14:11 Use cases developing on Liquid18:00 Confidential Transactions on the Liquid Network20:24 The Blockstream Jade Bitcoin hardware wallet23:00 Non-custodial trading of Liquid assets on Jade24:15 Control & privacy benefits of decentralized technology30:34 Institutional interest in the Liquid Network 33:29 Up & coming Blockstream projects35:50 Timeline on Simplicity integration into Liquid

@blksresearch@Blockstream@KnutsonJesse🏃‍♂️ Try out Simplicity Playground by Burak 🧑‍🏫  Simplicity BuildOnL2 general thread 📖 Blockstream Research blog 🔊 Join the SImplicity discussion on GitHub3:26 Blockstream Research mission & structure04:53 So simple it fits on a T-Shirt09:30 Bitcoin’s last soft fork?15:56 SIGHASH_ANYPREVOUT OP_CHECKTEMPLATEVERIFY23:59Applications of Simplicity2:40 Risks & rewards of merging Simplicity to Bitcoin L129:25 Fee market implications of merging Simplicity33:36 The process of implementing SImplicity on Bitcoin39:25 Criticisms of Simplicity44:51 Relationship between Miniscript & Simplicity49:47 Simplicity resources

@Blockstream@BTCReserveHQ@Andrew_J_Howard@j7TX21 @KnutsonJesse@Liquid_BTCBlockstream Nostr: npub1jg552aulj07skd6e7y2hu0vl5g8nl5jvfw8jhn6jpjk0vjd0waksvl6n8n🌊 Join the Build On L2 Liquid community to get started with the Liquid Network 🤝 Check out Bitcoin Reserve the accessible Bitcoin OTC brokerage 02:03 What is Bitcoin Reserve?04:17 OTC desks in Bitcoin09:30 Institutional pushback on self-custody15:13 Bitcoin adoption demographics17:40 Bitcoin Reserve's Liquid integration21:05 Tether on Liquid24:52 Being a Liquid Network member26:47 Trustless swaps between Lightning & Liquid27:39 A pick up in OTC activity29:22 Andrew Howard on Prime Trust debacle45:42 The future of Bitcoin Reserve48:35 Things to look forward to in Bitcoin51:42 Bitcoin Jiu Jitsu

⚡️ Reach out here to join the Greenlight developer preview🏗 Learn why even hardcore Bitcoin & Lightning developers should build on Greenlight🎙 Learn more about Greenlight with Roy Shienfield & Christian Decker on the Stephan Livera Podcast01:02 Who is Adi?01:46 What is Greenlight?02:50 Challenges of running a Lightning node06:54 Status of Greenlight developer preview09:26 Regulations and compliance11:29 Building apps on Greenlight13:58 Benefits of Lightning15:03 Lightning Network adoption15:52 The security of Greenlight17:31 Cost effectiveness of running a node18:50 Routing nodes vs edge nodes19:42 Greenlight’s approach to privacy20:54 Lightning node backups with Greenlight22:00 Facilitating user off boarding to own infrastructure22:42 No walled gardens23:13 Liquid Integrations23:43 Summer of Bitcoin25:18 Adding Greenlight to Lightning devs tooling

liquid.boltz.exchange@Boltzhq @Liquid_BTC Liquid.net00:45 What does Boltz do?02:26 Using Liquid swaps04:20 Why build on Liquid?05:37 Challenges during implementation07:42 Other channel rebalancing solutions11:40 The swap process between Liquid and Lightning15:34 What level of trust does Boltz require?18:02 Lightning Network capacity20:57 Bitcoin layer-2s supporting each other22:05 Lightning Network transaction sizes25:12 Lightning Network adoption31:25 Optimizing Boltz33:25 The Boltz API

Liquid Network@Liquid_BTCBuild On L2@basedlayer1:58 Las aplicaciones de blockchain en los mercados financieros5:48 Los beneficios de usar estas tecnologías en los mercados financieros, tanto para los participantes del mercado como para los consumidores15:06 Los desafíos principales que enfrenta la adopción de blockchain en los mercados financieros y cómo se pueden superar21:10 ¿Qué es Elements y cuáles son sus principales características?26:31 UTXO vs. Modelo de Cuentas34: 09 ¿Qué es el Liquid Network y cómo funciona?37:49 ¿Qué es el “shadow banking”?40:27: La industria de los pagarés y sus principales desafíos49:01 Otras industrias que tienen similares desafíos y una gran razón para digitalizarse de la misma manera que los pagarés?51:36 Mineros de Bitcoin digitalizando sus acuerdos de compra de energía por parte de mineros

Downlaod Blockstream GreenBlockstream Green Testflight 01:14 Lessons from the Green Beta testing07:46 Mnemonic interchangeability12:50 Blockstream Green for beginners16:47 A Bitcoin wallet’s core services24:03 Blockstream Jade as a Bitcoin Miner26:48 Blockstream Green’s pin unlock service29:22 Secure elements35:00 Open-source software & DIY35:50 Liquid integration with Green37:22 Watch only wallets39:37 Greenlight

Welcome back to Blockstream Talk. Today's conversation is with Scott Millar, founder of SideSwap. SideSwap is one of a growing list of companies building out financialand capital market applications on top of Bitcoin.The platform offers a decentralized peer to peer way to trade assets on the Liquid Network. Including security tokens like the Blockstream Mining Note. SideSwap also makes it easy to peg-in and peg-out of the Liquid Network, meaning you can easily flip between Liquid Bitcoin and Bitcoin point. If you find the conversation useful, don't forget to subscribe and share. 2:14 Why build on Bitcoin? 3:32 Colored Coins protocol 5:32 How Atomic Swaps work 8:00 The spectrum of decentralized finance 8:52 What SideSwap is focused on 12:14 Lessons from previous Bitcoin cycles 12:57 The importance of Bitcoin based capital markets 17:26 Issuing securities as bearer assets 19:35 The tokenization of securities 20:37 Transfer restricted asset technology 25:12 Differences between CEX & DEX 26:19 Private swaps on SideSwap 27:22 What does PEGx do? 31:46 Voting with Liquid digital securities 35:48 Dealing with regulators when facilitating trades

Welcome to Blockstream Talk. Today, we're talking to Robin Linus and Lucas George of Zero Sync, a nonprofit working on technology that allows for a compact cryptographic proof to substitute the hundreds of gigabytes of information that make up the Bitcoin blockchain. Meaning the entire history of Bitcoin could be validated in an instant rather than in hours or days and when combined with something like the Blockstream Satellite, the implications are pretty far reaching. If you enjoyed this conversation don't forget to subscribe and share. 2:39 Zero knowledge proofs 5:36 What makes ZeroSync different? 6:43 ZeroSync and Blockstream Satellite 8:37 Benefits of ZKPs 9:47 Development timeline 11:34 Hardware requirements 13:12 Use cases for the ZeroSync toolkit 15:39 Stark proofs, Simplicity & the Liquid Network 20:04 Security of ZeroSync proof systems 23:45 Long term implications of ZKPs for Bitcoin

Welcome back to Blockstream Talk. Today, we're talking to Rich Gramberg from the Jade product and support team. After a long list of blow ups over the last couple of quarters across the exchange, lending and fund spaces, and now also failures emerging within the banking sector, counterparty risk and the importance of self custody is really being highlighted. The topic of today's conversation is all things Jade covering the importance of taking self-custody your Bitcoin, where demand for hardware wallets is strongest, how to build your own device if you're so inclined, and new features that are in the pipeline for the second half of this year. If you find this conversation useful, don't forget to subscribe and share this conversation with your network. 01:51 Major developments in the self-custody landscape 03:41 The fundamental problem Blockstream is solving 08:55 The fundamental problem Blockstream is solving 12:35 Other Bitcoin wallets that Jade works with 13:37 The Blockstream Jade reseller program 15:21 Blockstream Jade blind pin server 19:05 Other assets that Jade supports 20:50 The next 12 months in Jade development 22:53 Lightning integration in Blockstream Jade 23:50 Blockstream Green UX development 25:00 The Bitcoin hardware wallet market 26:23 Tradeoffs between singlesig & multisig 28:30 Common difficulties in bitcoin self-custody 29:55 Demonstrating Jade at Bitcoin Park 32:40 Common questions for Blockstream Support 34:42 How the Jade DIY process works 36:22 2023 look ahead for Blockstream Jade

Welcome to Blockstream Talk, today, we're talking to Tomás Alvarez, CEO and Co Founder of Mifiel. Thomas and his team are using the Liquid Network as issuance technology for promissory notes in Mexico. This promissory note market is big not only in Mexico but across Latin America. It's really interesting to see Liquids solve for some of the inefficiencies in the market. Streamlining the issuance process, facilitating cross border transactions, and then those benefits pulling in mainstream institutional investors. This is the direction markets are evolving. If you found this conversation useful, don't forget to subscribe and share. 0:00 Introduction 01:05 The fundamental problem Mifiel is trying to solve 01:38 What is a promissory note and what kind of people are using 04:27 Other markets that utilize promissory notes 06:13 Dealing with challenges in technology adoption 07:57 Utilizing the Liquid Network for tokenization 9:52 Dealing with regulations and licensing considerations 11:17 Secondary market trading of promissory notes 16:02 Decentralization and promissory notes 19:53 Quantity of promissory notes issued by Mifiel 20:43 Interest rates on promissory notes 23:24 Demand for promissory notes 25:03 Handling defaults on promissory notes 26:47 Reasons for issuing on the Liquid Network 32:52 Short term outlook for Mifiel 37:09 Benefits of tokenization

Welcome back to Blockstream Talk. Today’s conversation is with Kyle Fry, CEO and Co-Founder at DIGTL Markets. Kyle and his team have been deep in the digital security trenches for a number of years already and have built up the network of securities exchanges and alternative trading venues to support digital security or security token trading. It's great to get Kyle's perspective on where they see the digital security industry evolving and why the Liquid Network is the best choice for issuers. If you enjoyed this conversation share it with your network. 03:25 What makes MERJ unique 07:35 Different reasons for offshoring business 11:25 The Blockstream Mining Note and US markets 12:43 Security tokens & digital securities 24:16 Evolution of capital markets 34:35 How STOs can improve markets 43:19 Building on the Liquid Network 48:37 Risks and regulations after FTX crash 52:31 Future outlook for asset issuers 54:58 The STO industry in 10 years

Welcome to Blockstream Talk. Today's conversation is with Rusty Russell, a senior Lightning Network Developer at Blockstream. Rusty is an OG contributor to open-source software and was tasked with helping transition the Lightning Network from an academic paper to a real world payment protocol seven years ago when he joined Blockstream. Lightning Network capacity is now up around five thousand bitcoin, pretty close to an all time high despite recent price weakness. Rusty highlights, reasons for growth, some new applications and also gives us a sneak peek into new features expected to be rolled out in the coming months. 01:27 Starting work on Lightning at Blockstream 03:44 Lightning Network global adoption 04:46 Work on Bolt12 Lightning spec 10:41 Factors driving Lightning adoption 15:15 Bookkeeping with Core Lightning 21:31 Lightning Network unlocking micropayments 23:45 Integrating Lightning into Blockstream Green 26:02 Lightning wallet recommendations 28:48 Thoughts on El Salvador Bitcoin and Lightning adoption 32:55 Working in the open-source software space 38:43 Comparing Bitcoin to Linux 47:33 Exciting things coming to Lightning

Welcome to Blockstream talk. Today’s conversation is with Blockstream's CEO and Co Founder, Dr. Adam Back, he joins us for a review of the ongoing meltdown of FTX and Alameda research. Adam is a wealth of knowledge and market context who offers a unique perspective when you try and figure out what has happened so far, how things could evolve going forward, and what are the key lessons for users and investors. As well as how would happen to Alameda and FTX matches up to previous blow ups. If you find this conversation useful, don't forget to share it with your network. 00:43 FTX failure overview 04:45 Bankruptcy vs recovery token 09:55 FTX post mortem 33:43 Exchange revenue rights model 39:05 Proof of keys day 52:14 Lessons for investors from FTX insolvency 59:16 The future of DeFi 1:20:48 Asset issuance on the Liquid Network 1:25:02 Bitcoin mining market conditions 1:29:15 Crypto bailout pool 1:32:47 Looking ahead on the Bitcoin network

Welcome to Blockstream Talk, today's conversation is with Matthew Haywood, product manager for Blockstream’s asset management platform. The Liquid Network was originally conceived as a faster, cheaper, more confidential way to move bitcoin around. Over the last couple of years though, it's evolved to allow a lot more flexibility including the ability to issue and manage a variety of different assets. That includes transfer restricted assets which can be used to facilitate security token issuances. Blockstream AMP allows you to quickly issue standards-based digital assets for applications such as security tokens and stablecoins. It offers detailed reports on user balances and allows you to track assets throughout ownership transfers. You can enforce granular ownership restrictions either through Blockstream AMP or your own authorization API. We also touched on some really fundamental considerations in the security token space like, what is tokenization? 03:06 Path to Bitcoin 05:56 The Liquid Network 07:22 Other assets and AMP management 09:06 What is the Liquid Federation? 13:56 Governance within the Federation 16:17 L-BTC Peg in growth 18:03 L-BTC as the native token 20:15 L-USDt transaction volume 22:54 Different layer-2 use cases 25:44 Liquid documentation for institutions 26:58 Asset management platform 33:24 Threshold for Tokenisation 36:22 The new Asset Management Tool 42:10 KYC responsibilities on the Liquid Network 43:57 What’s next for the Blockstream Asset Management Platform

Welcome to Blockstream Talk, today's conversation is with Alyse Killeen founder and managing director of Stillmark, a Bitcoin focused venture capital firm. Alyse is very clear about the distinction that needs to be made between Bitcoin and crypto and we discuss how this applies to capital allocation within the venture capital industry, how Bitcoin VC is different from both traditional internet focused VC and also often more narrative driven crypto VC. This was a really good conversation if you found it useful don't forget to share it with your network. 04:05 Health of the VC industry 06:49 Pitching Bitcoin to investors 09:08 Differentiating Crypto and Bitcoin VC 12:10 Narrative investing within Crypto tokens 28:18 Capital allocation framworks 32:55 The future of security tokens 36:14 Bitcoin's importance globally 39:41 Most exciting work within Bitcoin #Bitcoin #Investing #Blockstream #Stillmark

Welcome to Blockstream Talk. Today's conversation is with Assaf Gilboa, Blockstream Executive Vice President of Hardware Engineering. We discussed Blockstream’s acquisition of ASIC manufacturer Spondoolies and the new synergy created. We also went in depth on the centralization around the semiconductor foundry business and the bottleneck that is TSMC and Samsung as well as equipment order logistics and whether energy is the big pinch point constraining Hash rate growth. If you find this conversation useful, don't forget to share with your network. 05:29 Boom or bust in Bitcoin mining 07:22 What makes Spondoolies different? 09:20 Making ASIC parts easily replaceable 10:46 Blockstream and Spondoolies synergies 13:07 Optimizing Blockstream's Bitcoin mining 13:52 Air cooled and immersion mining 16:00 Institutional investment entering Bitcoin mining 18:17 Road map for Blockstream's upcoming ASIC machine 20:55 Centralization of chip foundry services 25:32 Essential advanced manufacturing processes 28:17 Foundry services planning rigidity 30:02 Difficulties in securing chip allocations 31:00 Bitcoin miners foundry requirements 32:14 Current selling pressure on miners 34:19 ASIC acquisition industry dynamics 39:24 ASIC price change implications 41:34 Mining industry consolidation during the bear market 43:33 Hashrate is looking for stability 46:43 Modelling Bitcoin hashrate and price 49:11 Why more manufacturers aren't in Bitcoin 53:00 Bitcoin mining in 5 years 58:39 The upcoming Blockstream ASIC

00:20 Personal privacy00:58 Eric’s background01:53 Freedom = privacy03:41 Why work on Bitcoin?05:07 Chaumian mints, ecash, Federations08:43 Federated ecash11:25 Federations in the future12:57 Integrating Lightning into federations16:20 Tokens17:22 Lightning custodial usage18:17 Minimint_btc21:11 Bitcoin usage in El Salvador23:16 Choosing a federated ecash26:44 Exciting things moving forward

00:23 Discovering Bitcoin02:38 Blockstream Wallet Offerings05:05 Wallet Features09:53 Lightning Integration10:45 Long Term Wallet Development11:50 Going Off-chain12:13 Jade and Other Hardware Wallets15:29 Wallet Security24:36 Secure Elements26:26 Self-custody best practices30:11 Custodian Stress Tests30:40 Exciting Bitcoin Developments

00:55 - What happened in the Terra ecosystem? 08:05 - Crypto market cap is a misleading metric12:11 - UST failures effect on other stablecoins23:40 - Incentives within the DeFi space 26:30 - Could the Luna situation have ended differently?31:15 - Stablecoin velocity and resiliency36:09 - Liquidity and backing within stablecoins 41:21 - Bitcoin stigma in banking44:08 - Key lessons

Welcome to Blockstream Talk today's conversation is with Kerem Tibuk of BTCTurk one of the longest-running exchanges in the business. In times of extreme currency distress or aggressive, Capital controls, Bitcoin becomes the safe-haven asset of last resort and we see prices spike around these kind of events. Kerem offered his boots on the ground assessment of how these kind of events can translate into real world Bitcoin adoption. We also discussed the many trials and tribulations of being an exchange operator, in what is still a very hostile world. Enjoy the conversation. Don't forget to like, subscribe and share.

0:00 - Introduction 1:02 - Meeting Bruce 2:32 - What role does Bitcoin have in improving the future? 8:24 - Is the current world environment is taylor made for Bitcoin?11:36 - How did the Bitcoin narrative change over time? 15:45 - Bitcoin transitioning to the medium of exchange 17:50 - Bitcoin beating adoption expectations18:27 - What are the opportunities for digital securities and STO's? 25:36 - Is STO development being done within the United States? 31:25 - What other assets are being tokenized? 34:09 - What has been bottlenecking STO development? 36:55 - Democratization of finance 38:33 - Tokenizing low volume assets 41:44 - Securities becoming globalized 43:37 - Can securities be built upon Bitcoin? 50:53 - Bitcoin being the most secure blockchain 53:32 - Most interesting developments for Bitcoin in 2022?56:47 - Where to find Bruce?

0:00 Introduction01:07 Who is Paulo Ardoino?02:14  Path to finding Bitcoin and working at Bitfinex13:24 Reasons Bitfinex does not face downtime during high volatility15:17 Bitfinex being the most battle tested exchange16:17 What is the Liquid Network value proposition compared to altcoins?22:03 The origin story of Tether and its success23:53 Difficulties of running an exchange25:07 Will Bitcoin become less volatile thus destroying altcoins and stablecoins?31:10 Why would first world countries not care for Tether and other stablecoins?35:23 Bitfinex response to their 2016 hack42:41 Opportunities for Bitfinex Securities48:39 Why are there so few security token exchanges?50:38 Other types of assets that are important to Bitfinex54:57 Updates on the El Salvador Bitcoin Bond58:31 When will the El Salvador Bitcoin Bond be available?59:54 Most exciting Bitcoin developments for 2022

0:00 Introduction1:52 What is Blockstream researching?4:12 Why is Bitcoin privacy important?15:05 Is AI and Bitcoin on opposite sides when it comes to the goals of privacy?21:02 - Is the current approach to scaling Bitcoin to put as little data on the blockchain as possible?28:42 - With all of the efficiency upgrades to Bitcoin, will the mempool get backed up like it did in 2017?32:51 - Are bitcoin custodians bad for decentralization, but good for mempool space?34:41 - What was Satoshi Dice? And what current practices will be looked back upon as something that was inefficient?39:11 - How is Bitcoin different from other crypto assets?48:25 - What is Liquid and what does it solve?54:01 - What DeFi applications are being built on Liquid?59:23 - Is this proper DeFi or pseudo DeFi?1:00:51 - What is the most exciting thing coming to Bitcoin?1:06:00 - Does the modularity of Miniscript help with adoption?

0:00 - Introduction 1:42 - What challenges do you have marketing products that are ahead of their time? 8:32 - Do you think mainstream media is anti-Bitcoin? 11:39 - What are the hardest parts of communicating Blockstream and Bitcoin to the public? 15:03 - Has marketing for Bitcoin become easier overtime? 15:54 - How do you see Bitcoin being used differently in other parts of the world? 23:13 - What is the sentiment of Tether around the world? 27:00 - Did your family ties to Argentina lead you down the Bitcoin rabbit hole? 34:26 - Thoughts on the future of stablecoins? 36:15 - Why is Liquid not more popular? 41:17 - What are some Blockstream milestones to look forward to in 2022?42:30 - What are you looking forward to in Bitcoin for 2022?

0:44 - Introduction1:35 - Biggest innovations happening in Bitcoin right now4:11 - How long does a BIP take to get implemented into the Bitcoin protocol?5:54 - What are Bitcoin's core principles?8:32 - What off chain capabilities need to be deployed for Taproot to be considered successful?13:43 - Thoughts on the 2017 fork wars and why small blocks won out17:37 - Threats to Bitcoin that were bigger than the fork wars19:09 - Impressions of El Salvador after visiting21:49 - Do El Salvador citizens use Bitcoin for savings or for payment processing?22:22 - Sentiment of Bitcoin amongst El Salvador citizens24:20 - Surprising learnings after visiting El Salvador26:19 - PTLC's in Lightning and the significance of having it on a day to day basis29:54 - MuSig31:45 - Predictions for Bitcoin in 2022

0:00 Introduction1:13 Meeting Tuur 3:02 How the global financial crisis made Bitcoin interesting5:30 Impressions of the El Salvador Bitcoin Bond8:15 Details of the Bitcoin Bond in El Salvador19:37 Path for emerging markets adopting Bitcoin  26:45 What the world looks like if the Bitcoin Bond is oversubscribed28:24 Other products that can be improved with Bitcoin34:59 Thoughts on democratization of general investing35:40 Products in the traditional markets interesting for Bitcoin to adopt42:55 Are there still cycles in Bitcoin?45:14 Thoughts on Bitcoin price action51:15 Crackdown in China54:45 What's exciting in Bitcoin for 2022

0:00 - Introduction1:11 - Meeting Arnab2:05 - What is STOKR3:51 - Current capital markets being outdated and what the future holds for them7:35 - What is an STO and their difference between ICOs11:22 - Liquid being a good way to issue STOs13:00 - Privacy on Liquid being important14:46 - Reasons for STOs becoming popular16:56 - Benefits of tokenization19:40 - Countries that are setting themselves up well with regulations21:30 - U.S. being so hard to provide STO access to23:06 - Large players getting interested in STOs25:06 - Opportunities of STOs29:44 - Bridging the old world to the new world31:33 - Regulators views on STOs35:20 - Thoughts on El Salvador bond39:50 - Views on India adopting Bitcoin42:42 - STOs in India43:37 - Most exciting future developments in the Bitcoin world46:17 - Where to find STOKR and Arnab

0:00 Introduction2:20 Criticisms of the Liquid network4:49 What is Hyperbitcoinization6:24 Why would someone use the Liquid network11:33 Views of Tether and other stable coins in Panama14:49 Reasons to have stable coins on Liquid16:09 Self custodian on Spectre17:41 Using Spectre with Liquid assets19:38 Hyperbitcoinization is ahead of schedule22:09 What are the forces behind Hyperbitcoinization25:29 Thoughts on people migrating to El Salvador28:28 Thoughts on Bitcoin City31:26 What is the El Salvador Volcano Bond and the overall sentiment of it38:16 What is the most exciting thing in the world of Bitcoin going forward

0:00 Introduction1:25 Jesse’s introduction2:15 Jesse's journey from banker to bitcoin4:32 Jesse trying to get banks to get involved in Bitcoin10:50 What is BMN?15:50 What is the future for BMN?17:32 Paul Tudor Jones on investing in Bitcoin and Bitcoins network effects growing20:39 Institutional investors taking a while to get into Bitcoin21:55 Goals for Blockstream's acquisition of Adamant Capital23:25 Macquarie's partnership with Blockstream26:49 What is Blockstream markets newsletter28:25 TA in bitcoin charts30:48 What is Jesse most excited about for Bitcoin's future32:10 Closing remarks

Welcome to Blockstream Talk #3Our conversation today is with one of the worlds leading experts on the Lightning Network, Dr. Christian Decker.Christian is also known as "Dr. Bitcoin" because his dissertation was the first distributed computing PhD to focus explicitly on Bitcoin.His work on duplex micropayment channels actually predates the Lightning Network paper, but in a bizarre twist of faith it ended up being caught in academic review and publication ended up following after the publication of the Lightning Network paper. In developer circles, Christian is seen as the inventor, or at least one of the inventors, of Lightning scaling solutions.  So really there's no better person to talk about the current state and the future of the Lightning Network. While investors have been looking at Bitcoin as a high-growth inflation hedge, but what's going on in El Salvador and how bitcoin is actually being used in emerging economies is really bringing the digital cash narrative back to the forefront.So in this conversation, I was keen to get Christian’s views, not only the state of the Lightning Network now, but what could go wrong?Is the Lightning Network ready for prime time and full integration - not into a platform or wallet - but into an entire economy?As well as the role the Lightning Network in driving broader Bitcoin adoption in the years to come. 0:00 Intro2:27 - What is the Lightning Network, and what problems is it trying to solve?5:29 - Limitations of the Lightning Network7:22 - Existing protocols tackling the scaling problem9:54 - The blocksize war11:34 - How Lightning interacts with Liquid13:39 - Are the different Lightning implementations competing with each other?15:52 - How far are we in terms of user adoption?19:29 - The role of Lightning in Bitcoin´s ease of use23:34 - Where is the biggest potential growth for Lightning in the next five years?25:23 - The most important technical issues when scaling Lightning28:12 - Why have exchanges been slow at integrating Lightning?31:10 - What the implementation of Taproot and Schnorr signatures means for the Lightning Network34:39 - Blockstream Greenlight38:44 - Questions from the Blockstream Talk community on Twitter50:23 - Exciting prospects for Bitcoin´s future

2:17 What is going on in China? Is mining done for good? 3:10 Can Chinese investors still buy and sell Bitcoin? 4:46 How important is Chinese retail to Bitcoin price appreciation? 5:26 What was the motivation behind China’s latest crackdown? 7:06 Is the mining hardware supply chain at risk? 9:06 Where has Chinese hashrate migrated to? How long will it take to recover? 10:58 Security Tokens will drive the reformation of traditional capital markets 13:02 Trading venues, technology, and regulations are coming together for STOs 15:42 There seems to be a groundswell of interest in NFTs, how is Liquid being applied to NFTs? 18:50 Is El Salvador the first domino for dollarized economies? 20:58 Bitcoin is turning out to be a global growth driver 20:25 What is the state of the Lightning Network at the moment and what does it need to grow? 24:06 Within all the things that you’re involved in, what excites you the most?

Evolutionary History of Bitcoin and early attempts at creating electronic cash -> 00:01:20 - 00:11:37What could have been Satoshi's thought process when designing Bitcoin -> 00:11:38 - 00:16:28Bitcoin is not a prototype, it simply has a narrow pocket of design space -> 00:16:40 - 00:20:19Bitcoin is not old technology, it is one of the most active open source projects in existence  -> 00:20:20 - 00:22:21Adam's early days in Bitcoin -> 00:22:22 - 00:31:43What were the biggest threats for Bitcoin in the early days? What are potential threats going forward? -> 00:31:44 - 00:38:41Proper ways to decentralize financial instruments using Bitcoin: Blockstream Mining Note -> 00:38:42 - 00:43:29What is Bitcoin's value proposition? Bitcoin appeals to different people for different reasons -> 00:43:31 - 00:49:35What are the most exciting things to look forward in the Bitcoin space? -> 00:49:36 - 00:52:32  

We are thrilled to announce the launch of Blockstream Talk, a new podcast that will provide a glimpse into all the cutting edge Bitcoin products and technologies being developed at Blockstream. The goal of this podcast is to introduce very interesting people and their projects in a format that is accesible to everyone regardless of your background.