Bootstrapping the Future Internet with Impervious.ai - LNJ050

Transcript: https://sicksub.network/LNJ050Transcript

In this episode we have Anthony Ronning and Chase Perkins from Impervious.ai. Impervious is a software platform that uses the Lightning Network as a messaging layer to create other novel technologies like a more decentralized VPN. Anthony Ronning is known for writing an article about the current state of Lightning Network privacy.

We talk about:

• 0:00 - Intro
• 1:27 - A Lighter Note
• 5:03 - Chase’s Background in BTC
• 6:40 - Anthony Background in BTC and LN
• 7:49 - Chase and Lightning, A Beginners Tale
• 9:38 - Impervious Reason for Being
• 11:49 - Impervious/LN and Centralized Content
• 16:50 - Anthony explains PoC with AMP Project
• 22:28 - In-Band vs Out of Band
• 26:57 - Are there times when in-band is far more useful?
• 31:54 - Hackathon Winners - The World Computer
• 36:35 - Bitswarm, Intentiving Torrents
• 39:08 - Goss - P2P Gossip Chat Room
• 41:22 - Pseudozach and the Red Phone
• 43:33 - Discord Bot
• 45:03 - The Future of Social Media with the Bitcoin Stack
• 48:00 - What are the Arguments Against Impervious?
• 53:00 - Anthony’s Lightning Privacy Article
• 56:57 - LN Privacy - PTLCs(Point Time Lock Contracts)
• 59:42 - Future of LN

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Impervious’ Twitter: https://twitter.com/ImperviousAi
Anthony’s Twitter was disabled at the time of us uploading this podcast.

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Rabbit Holes:

The World Computer: https://twitter.com/ImperviousAi/status/1428865426520305665
Bitswarm: https://twitter.com/ImperviousAi/status/1428863722613743618
Goss: https://twitter.com/ImperviousAi/status/1428861719116320769
Redphone: https://twitter.com/ImperviousAi/status/1428861231864029187
Discord Bot: https://twitter.com/ImperviousAi/status/1428859661592109063
Arcade City: https://twitter.com/ImperviousAi/status/1428858555105304579