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This is the 29th episode of the Lightning Junkies podcast. In this episode we have Rusty Russell! Rusty is well known for his work at Blockstream on C-Lightning. Prior to Lightning he was a Linux kernel dev. Rusty authored the majority of the Lightning Protocol Specification and has been directly responsible for much of the breakthroughs on Lightning while at Blockstream.
We talk about:
- Rusty’s background
- Rusty’s lack of ability to predict the future
- Linux development
- Teamwork in the Lightning Network
- Different Lightning Development team
- Offers/SuperInvoices
- Recurring payments on the Lightning Network
- Spongebob
- The problem with LN/Scaling
- Shitcoins
- Ways to contribute to LN
Rusty’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/rusty_twit
Rusty’s GitHub: https://github.com/rustyrussell
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