Lightning Network: what is it? why should I care? what can I do with it? Enjoy bitcoin like its 2013
Channel: aantonop
Date: 2024-03-14

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In this video Andreas explains a bit about the Lightning Network, how it works with bitcoin, how it provides cheap and speedy payments while improving privacy. He talks about why someone would want to use the lightning network and how using it feels a lot like using bitcoin in 2013. He also discusses using BTCPay Server and why it's a great choice for people wanting to accept micropayments for products and services.

This video is an excerpt from the much longer March 2024 Patreon Q&A session dedicated to all things related to the Lightning Network. 

00:00 Let's start the video
00:30 Lightning is a Layer 2 Technology and uses bitcoin
01:23 Terminology payment v transaction
01:29 Lightning is fast
02:44 The Lightning Beer Tap
04:21 Lightning is cheap
07:31 Msats are smaller than satoshis
08:10 Payment channels, peers and nodes
09:35 Example of how a payment works, including routing
12:04 Why privacy is better on the lightning network 
13:34 Bar tab example
16:55 Lightning Network History
17:35 Lighting is an ongoing experiment
18:58 My annoying experience my lighting node this past week
20:15 Who is the lighting network for? Policies at the aantonop shop
23:05 Test out a lighting transaction and get the blockchain commons smart custody v1 book
24:39 Using BTCPay Server on the aantonop shop

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