Will O'Beirne talking about Joule - LNJ016

This is the sixteenth episode of the Lightning Junkies podcast. In this episode we have Will O'Beirne best known for his Joule Lightning Wallet browser extension. Joule is a browser extension that allows you to access a remote LND node and do things such as create or pay invoices. Will has also created other apps and has created a tutorial to create your own Lightning web app.

On this episode, we talk about:

• Starting in Ethereum
  
• Why Bitcoin?
  
• Ethereum Waste of Time?
  
• Early Bitcoin Projects
  
• First Project on Lightning
  
• Joule Chrome Extension
  
• Joule Dev Taking Back Seat
  
• Favorite Lightning Apps
  
• Challenges Devloping with Lightning
  
• TipHub
  
• Polar
  
• LN Web App Tutorial
  
• Typescript vs Python
  
• Difficulty of Tutorial
  
• Getting more Devs on LN
  
• Onboarding Ethereum Devs?
  
• Future of Lightning
  
• Gaming on Lightning
  
• Ideal Lightning Apps
  
• Privacy on Lightning Network
  
• Building for Downtrodden Users
  
• Addressing Use-cases in the Real World
  
• Reoccurring Payments over Lightning
  
• Roadblocks on Lightning
  

Will's Twitter: https://twitter.com/wbobeirne

Joule's Twitter: https://twitter.com/LightningJoule

Will's Github: https://github.com/wbobeirne

Will's Website: http://wbobeirne.com/

Polar's Github: https://github.com/jamaljsr/polar

Part  1 of Lightning Web App Series: https://medium.com/@wbobeirne/making-a-lightning-web-app-part-1-4a13c82f3f78
Part 2 of Lightning Web App Series: https://medium.com/@wbobeirne/making-a-lightning-web-app-part-2-414f5d23c2d7
Part 3 of Lightning Web App Series: https://medium.com/@wbobeirne/making-a-lightning-web-app-part-3-58d8c7351175
Part 4 of Lightning Web App Series: https://medium.com/@wbobeirne/making-a-lightning-web-app-part-4-c0997f4353b8

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