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Follow Relai Follow Greenlight Follow Adem Follow Jesse 🇨🇭 Learn more about Relai 🚦 Find out more about Greenlight 02:19 Getting started in Bitcoin 04:22 Buying and selling Bitcoin on Relai 05:42 The benefits of a non-custodial architecture 07:54 Integrating non-custodial Lightning wallets in Relai 09:20 Partnering with Greenlight by Blockstream 10:45 Why Relai chose to integrate with Greenlight 12:56 Improving the user experience on Lightning 14:32 Greenlight integration process 17:17 Lightning adoption activity on Relai 21:10 Overcoming the challenges of integrating Lightning 23:40 Advice for enterprizes looking to integrate Lightning 25:08 What’s next for Relai?

Follow JAN3 Follow Andrew Follow Raúl Follow 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 onboarding 10:58 Lightning payments in the Aqua wallet 21:42 Advantages of Tether on the Liquid Network 28:30 Jan3 Financial 42:04 Jan3 and Botev Plovdiv FC 49:12 Aqua wallet and BTCMap 51:21 Aqua wallet roadmap

Follow Byron Follow Jesse Follow Liquid Follow Elements 🌊 Get a Liquid wallet 🤝 Join the Liquid Community ☎️ Join the Liquid Dev Telegram 🔍 Explore the Liquid Network 👨‍🏫 Complete Elements Academy 02:53 Bitcoin circular economies in Africa 06:19 Fairer Bitcoin for the global south 07:36 Trade-offs between Lightning, Liquid and Fedimint 09:27 The blockchain trilemma 10:25 Interoperability between Lightning and Liquid 12:54 Understanding the Liquid Federation 16:43 Covenants on the Liquid Network 20:19 Confidential Transactions on the Liquid Network 21:45 Blockstream Asset Management Platform (AMP)

Follow Marco Follow Vulpem Ventures Follow Fuji Money Follow Jesse Knutson Follow the Liquid Network 🧑‍💻 Learn more about Vulpem Ventures 🌊 Explore the Liquid Network 🗻 Try out Fuji Money ⛴️ Download Marina Wallet 02:09 The power of the Bitcoin Italia community 03:14 The goals of Vulpem Ventures 05:42 Building Bitcoin layer-2 tooling 08:08 Reasons for building on the Liquid Network 09:39 Common Liquid misconceptions 12:55 Using layer-2s to stack bitcoin 14:26 Bitcoin layer-1 scaling conversations 15:51 Sharing UTXOs utilizing covenants 17:26 The evolving narratives of Bitcoin 18:45 Bitcoin volatility’s effect on use cases 21:06 The effect of higher L1 fees 23:29 The difference between Elements and Liquid 24:38 Atomic swaps with Banco by Vulpem 28:07 Getting started in Bitcoin development 31:36 Bitcoin in 2024

Follow Samson Follow JAN3 Follow AQUA wallet Follow Jesse 🌊 Learn more about the Liquid Network 💦 Download AQUA wallet 🍊 Explore JAN3 02:14 Introducing Samson Mow and JAN3 04:35 JAN3 approach to nation state orange pilling 08:44 Most receptive regions for nation state Bitcoin adoption 15:27 Bitcoin mining and nation state adoption 20:25 Geographical arbitrage and collectivism 24:32 AQUA wallet and Liquid BTC adoption 26:12 Key features of the AQUA wallet 30:33 Liquid based Tether (USDt) 32:25 Liquid FUD and Liquid derangement syndrome 35:49 Liquid and Lightning interoperability 38:22 Bitcoin layer-2 innovations 42:15 Bitcoin ETFs “Wild BTC vs Zoo BTC” 48:15 2024 and beyond for Bitcoin and JAN3

Follow Lisa Follow Base58 Follow 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 Portal 02:13 Starting work on the Lightning Network 03:34 Differentiated features of Core Lightning 06:24 Working on “Lightning v2” 08:13 Greenlight: Lightning node as a service 11:53 The benefits of non-custodial architecture 12:41 Starting work on open-source projects 13:57 Recruitment for open-source projects 15:14 Marketing Bitcoin development opportunities 20:29 Lightning FUD 22:22 BTC Plus Plus developer conference 26:53 Base58: A Bitcoin protocol school 29:04 Boltz.Exchange: Liquid and Lightning swaps 32:6 New Bitcoin layer-2 protocols 34:40 Opcodes explained 37:32 Lightning Network mainstream adoption 43:46 BTC Plus Plus and Base58

Follow Christian Follow Jesse Follow Greenlight Follow Core Lightning 🧑‍💻 Open the Greenlight console 📰 Learn more about Greenlight 👋 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 02:32 The history of Core Lightning 05:41 Spec driven philosophy of Core Lightning 08:38 Open-source development process of Core Lightning 10:00 Core Lightning’s use of plugins 13:06 Powering Greenlight with Core Lightning 18:58 Improving non-custodial access to Lightning with Greenlight 24:19 Developer and business onboarding to Greenlight 28:03 Greenlight: Non-custodial Lightning-as-a-Service 30:42 Interoperability of Bitcoin layer-2s Lightning and Liquid 33:40 Core Lightning and Greenlight look ahead 35:23 Core Lightning v23.11 “Bitcoin orangepaper” 42:47 Starting out building on Core Lightning

Follow Rusty on X.com Follow Jesse on X.com Follow 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 spec 10:10 Lightning Network global adoption 11:42 Integrating Lightning on Blockstream Green 14:02 Lightning payments with Miss Universe El Salvador 15:48 Development of new Lightning use cases 17:14 Enabling wumbo payments on Lightning 18:54 Custodial vs non-custodial 21:58 ETF vs self-custody not your keys not your coins 23:36 The importance of taking self-custody 26:40 Optimising Lightning around mainchain fees 31:20 Use cases for Greenlight by Blockstream 33:28 Using Lighting payments in GameFi 34:31 The Phoenix wallet by ASINQ 36:06 Liquid and Lightning layer-2 interoperability 37:15 Splicing and dual funding 40:27 Core Lightning v23.11 42:16 Starting development with Core Lightning 43:02 Sats vs Bits 43:56 Improving privacy on Lightning

@BtcpayServer @MrKukks @pavlenex @Blockstream @KnutsonJesse @Liquid_BTC Follow Blockstream on Nostr: npub1jg552aulj07skd6e7y2hu0vl5g8nl5jvfw8jhn6jpjk0vjd0waksvl6n8n 🧑‍🔧 Explore BTCPayserver 🇱🇻 See the Baltic Honeybadger case study 02:00 Introduction to BTCPay Server 02:43 BTCPay Server and Baltic Honeybadger 04:26 Utilizing SideShift and Prism plugins on BTCPay Server 09:53 How merchants deal with Bitcoin volatility 13:35 Scaling Lightning payments custodial vs non-custodial 20:55 Onboarding merchants to Bitcoin with BTCPay Server 23:46 Bitcoin POS systems used at Baltic Honeybadger

@HodlHodl @Blockstream @KnutsonJesse @Liquid_BTC Follow Blockstream on Nostr: npub1jg552aulj07skd6e7y2hu0vl5g8nl5jvfw8jhn6jpjk0vjd0waksvl6n8n 🌊 Explore the world of Debifi 🇱🇻 Learn more about Baltic Honeybadger 🤝 Try out non-custodial p2p Bitcoin trading with Hodl Hodl 02:40 Bitcoin conferences around the world 06:22 introduction to HODL HODL & Debifi 13:06 Non-custodial operations with multisig 16:02 Institutional interest in peer-to-peer markets 21:36 Starting up Baltic Honeybadger 30:55 Baltic Honeybadger 2023 announcements 34:32 Debifi API availability for institutional investors 35:51 Different use cases for Lightning & Liquid 38:46 HODL HODL and the Liquid Federation 40:47 Using Tether on the Liquid Network 41:38 Supported currencies on HODL HODL & Debifi 44:46 Different global use cases for Bitcoin 47:50 Find out more about Debifi & HODL HODL 48:46 The next 12 months in Bitcoin development

@Blockstream @VLSProject @ksedgwic @KnutsonJesse Follow 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 VLS 08:37 VLS basic security model 10:20 VLS hardware signing devices 11:17 VLS release status 13:46 VLS disaster recovery charter 17:15 VLS integration with Greenlight 18:34 UTXO set oracles 22:02 VLS validation rules 24:02 What’s next for VLS 25:17 Using multisignature with VLS 28:22 How to contribute to the VLS open-source project

@blksresearch @Blockstream @KnutsonJesse Follow 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 blog 1:28 Introduction to Blockstream Research 14:04 The Codex32 paper computer 20:51 What is Shamir’s Secret Sharing? 27:21 How Jade protects key information 34:47 Implementing Miniscript in Blockstream Jade 38:31 Wen Simplicity on Liquid ser? 48:45 Formal verification with Simplicity 53:31 Using Simplicity for CTV & APO functionality 59:35 How drivechains differ from other layer-2s 1:10:39 FROST and MuSig2 1:16:53 Blockstream Satellite and zero-knowledge proofs 1:22:13 Blockstream Research’s work on bulletproofs ++ 1:35:52 The next 12-18 months in Bitcoin development

@Blockstream @KnutsonJesse @Liquid_BTC Follow Blockstream on Nostr: npub1jg552aulj07skd6e7y2hu0vl5g8nl5jvfw8jhn6jpjk0vjd0waksvl6n8n 🌊 Find out more about the Liquid Network ⛏️ Learn about the Blockstream Mining Note 02:10 Erik’s path to Bitcoin 03:38 How Mt. Gox influenced Blockstream 06:26 Surviving multiple market cycles 23:29 Asset issuance on Liquid 28:29 Blockstream Mining Note 32:33 Crossover between Bitcoin & tradfi 35:15 Institutional interest in integrating Liquid 38:50 Working with Dr. Adam Back 42:10 Bitcoin adoption inflection points 44:41 Bitcoin usage in different markets 46:42 What’s next for Blockstream?

@Blockstream @KnutsonJesse Learn more about Blockstream 🌊⚡️ Follow Blockstream on Nostr: npub1jg552aulj07skd6e7y2hu0vl5g8nl5jvfw8jhn6jpjk0vjd0waksvl6n8n 02:00 Jeff’s role at Blockstream 03:00 Bitcoin layer-2 synergies 04:05 Lightning & Liquid’s effect on Bitcoin adoption 11:00 Greenlight 12:39 Integrating Lightning in Blockstream Green 14:11 Use cases developing on Liquid 18:00 Confidential Transactions on the Liquid Network 20:24 The Blockstream Jade Bitcoin hardware wallet 23:00 Non-custodial trading of Liquid assets on Jade 24:15 Control & privacy benefits of decentralized technology 30:34 Institutional interest in the Liquid Network 33:29 Up & coming Blockstream projects 35:50 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 GitHub Follow Blockstream on Nostr: npub1jg552aulj07skd6e7y2hu0vl5g8nl5jvfw8jhn6jpjk0vjd0waksvl6n8n 3:26 Blockstream Research mission & structure 04:53 So simple it fits on a T-Shirt 09:30 Bitcoin’s last soft fork? 15:56 SIGHASH_ANYPREVOUT OP_CHECKTEMPLATEVERIFY 23:59Applications of Simplicity 2:40 Risks & rewards of merging Simplicity to Bitcoin L1 29:25 Fee market implications of merging Simplicity 33:36 The process of implementing SImplicity on Bitcoin 39:25 Criticisms of Simplicity 44:51 Relationship between Miniscript & Simplicity 49:47 Simplicity resources

@adi_shankara @Core_LN @Blockstream @KnutsonJesse Follow Blockstream on Nostr: npub1jg552aulj07skd6e7y2hu0vl5g8nl5jvfw8jhn6jpjk0vjd0waksvl6n8n ⚡️ 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 Podcast 01:02 Who is Adi? 01:46 What is Greenlight? 02:50 Challenges of running a Lightning node 06:54 Status of Greenlight developer preview 09:26 Regulations and compliance 11:29 Building apps on Greenlight 13:58 Benefits of Lightning 15:03 Lightning Network adoption 15:52 The security of Greenlight 17:31 Cost effectiveness of running a node 18:50 Routing nodes vs edge nodes 19:42 Greenlight’s approach to privacy 20:54 Lightning node backups with Greenlight 22:00 Facilitating user off boarding to own infrastructure 22:42 No walled gardens 23:13 Liquid Integrations 23:43 Summer of Bitcoin 25:18 Adding Greenlight to Lightning devs tooling

@Blockstream @Boltzhq @KnutsonJesse @Liquid_BTC Follow Blockstream on Nostr: npub1jg552aulj07skd6e7y2hu0vl5g8nl5jvfw8jhn6jpjk0vjd0waksvl6n8n 🌊 Start building on Bitcoin with the Liquid Build On L2 community 🔩 Check out Boltz a privacy first, non-custodial Bitcoin exchange 00:45 What does Boltz do? 02:26 Using Liquid swaps 04:20 Why build on Liquid? 05:37 Challenges during implementation 07:42 Other channel rebalancing solutions 11:40 The swap process between Liquid and Lightning 15:34 What level of trust does Boltz require? 18:02 Lightning Network capacity 20:57 Bitcoin layer-2s supporting each other 22:05 Lightning Network transaction sizes 25:12 Lightning Network adoption 31:25 Optimizing Boltz 33:25 The Boltz API

Liquid Network @Liquid_BTC Build On L2 @basedlayer Seguir a Blockstream en Nostr: npub1jg552aulj07skd6e7y2hu0vl5g8nl5jvfw8jhn6jpjk0vjd0waksvl6n8n 1:58 Las aplicaciones de blockchain en los mercados financieros 5:48 Los beneficios de usar estas tecnologías en los mercados financieros, tanto para los participantes del mercado como para los consumidores 15:06 Los desafíos principales que enfrenta la adopción de blockchain en los mercados financieros y cómo se pueden superar 21:10 ¿Qué es Elements y cuáles son sus principales características? 26:31 UTXO vs. Modelo de Cuentas 34: 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 desafíos 49:01 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

@Blockstream @KnutsonJesse Blockstream Nostr: npub1jg552aulj07skd6e7y2hu0vl5g8nl5jvfw8jhn6jpjk0vjd0waksvl6n8n 📱 Download the Blockstream Green Bitcoin wallet 🛩 Try out the Blockstream Green Testflight 01:14 Lessons from the Green Beta testing 07:46 Mnemonic interchangeability 12:50 Blockstream Green for beginners 16:47 A Bitcoin wallet’s core services 24:03 Blockstream Jade as a Bitcoin Miner 26:48 Blockstream Green’s pin unlock service 29:22 Secure elements 35:00 Open-source software & DIY 35:50 Liquid integration with Green 37:22 Watch only wallets 39:37 Greenlight

@Blockstream @KnutsonJesse @side_swap Follow Blockstream on Nostr: npub1jg552aulj07skd6e7y2hu0vl5g8nl5jvfw8jhn6jpjk0vjd0waksvl6n8n 🌊 Start building on Bitcoin's financial layer with the Build On L2 Liquid community 🤝 Check out Side Swap settlement infrastructure for the Liquid Network 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