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My guests are Desiree Dickerson and Ryan Gentry. They are working for one of the - in my eyes - hottest companies in the Bitcoin space. Lightning Labs was founded in 2016 by Elizabeth Stark and Olaoluwa Osuntokun. The Lightning Network is a second layer protocol on top of the Bitcoin network. We will be talking about the Lightning Network, what it is and what it is enabling, their most interesting products and about their outlook for the Lightning Network in 2021.

Our topics:

     Their personal Bitcoin stories
     Areas where Bitcoin is important today
     What is LND (Lightning Network Daemon)?
     The development of the Lightning Network since its start
     Building through quarantine
     Growing number of apps and Lightning services
     Lightning Pool, Lightning Loop
     Streaming money and Podcasting 2.0
     Lightning Network in 2021
     Atomic multipath payments
     Kraken integrating Lightning
     Does Lightning Labs hold Bitcoin as company asset

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