The "What is Money?" Show

Core vs Knots, Lightning Network, and the Fight for Bitcoin’s Future w/ Graham Krizek

Episode Summary

The Lightning Network is Bitcoin’s most powerful scaling solution, but how does it actually work, and can it really deliver on the promise of cheap, instant payments? Graham Krizek joins the show to break down the Core vs Knots debate, the future of Bitcoin’s Layer 2s, the risks and rewards of Lightning yield, balancing privacy and auditability, and how Lightning makes Visa, Mastercard, and altcoins obsolete. Graham Krizek is the founder and CEO of Voltage Cloud and has over ten years of experience in Bitcoin and software engineering and contributing to open source Bitcoin technology.

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0:00 - WiM Episode Trailer

1:03 - Lightning Network: Scaling Bitcoin

10:03 - New L2’s on Bitcoin

11:33 - Lightning vs Aqua & Fedi

14:29 - How to Open a Lightning Channel & Earn Yield

19:17 - Can You Really Earn 10% Yield on Lightning?

22:55 - Cowbolt: Settle in Bitcoin

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25:10 - Lightning Network Density & Improvements Ahead

31:04 - Concerns About Censorship on Lightning?

38:32 - Bitcoin Core vs Knots

52:55 - Mine Bitcoin with Blockware Solutions

54:21 - Onramp Bitcoin Custody

55:18 - The History of the Blocksize Wars

1:00:54 - Mining Centralization & Attempts to Change Bitcoin

1:05:06 - Why Altcoins Are Dying

1:09:12 - Unintended Consequences of Changing Bitcoin

1:15:27 - Mind Lab Pro Supplements

1:16:37 - Buy Bitcoin with Coinbits

1:17:46 - How Businesses Can Use Lightning

1:25:11 - Lightning vs Visa & Mastercard

1:26:39 - Bitcoin Must Scale as a Medium of Exchange?

1:34:12 - The Farm at Okefenokee

1:35:22 - Orange Pill App

1:35:50 - Privacy vs Auditability on Bitcoin

1:44:45 - How Easy Is It to Use Lightning?

1:47:35 - Is Lightning Fighting Censorship?

1:52:00 - Lightning’s Role in Securing Bitcoin

1:55:27 - New Lightning Apps (Nostr)

1:59:06 - The Shutdown of Samourai Wallet

2:04:29 - The Connection Between AI & Lightning

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