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| Lightning Infrastructure Panel | Lightning Future Vision Panel |
| Ryan Gentry of Lightning Labs moderates a panel with Graham Krizek of Voltage, Roy Sheinfeld of Breez and Nick Slaney of TBD on the infrastructure companies need to use the Lightning Network. They cover Lightning service providers, liquidity, fees, and retail and enterprise use cases. The annual conference of MicroStrategy .. | Lyn Alden, Jeff Booth and Preston Pysh, moderated by Yan Pritzker of Swan Bitcoin, discuss the long-term vision for the Lightning Network and how it could change payments. They cover how settlement that once took days can now happen in seconds, and how businesses can start using Lightning today. The annual conference of MicroStrategy. |
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| A Bright Orange Future - Jack Mallers Keynote | MicroStrategy Lightning Platform |
| Jack Mallers, founder and CEO of Strike, gives a keynote on the Lightning Network and the future of bitcoin payments, including how Strike lets people send money instantly around the world. His talk was part of the Lightning for Corporations program, the annual conference of MicroStrategy .. | Michael Saylor, Executive Chairman of MicroStrategy, and Cezary Raczko, then EVP of Engineering, present the Lightning platform MicroStrategy was building in 2023. They show how Lightning payments, starting with bitcoin-enabled email addresses and rewards paid in sats, could reward engagement and cut spam and bots online. |
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| Lightning Solutions for Enterprises - The Transactive Energy Solution | Lightning Solutions for Enterprises - The Federated OS |
| Austin Mitchell, CEO and co-founder of Synota, shows how the Lightning Network can settle energy payments in near real time, an approach Synota calls transactive energy. It was one of four Lightning Solutions for Enterprises talks, where MicroStrategy . showcased companies building on Lightning. | Obi Nwosu, founder and CEO of Fedi, presents a community-based approach to bitcoin custody and payments using federations built on bitcoin and the Lightning Network. It was one of four Lightning Solutions for Enterprises talks, where MicroStrategy . showcased companies building on Lightning. |
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| Lightning Solutions for Enterprises - Instant Programmable Payments | Lightning Solutions for Enterprises - Open Source Banking |
| Andre Neves, CTO and co-founder of Zebedee (now ZBD), shows how the Lightning Network enables instant, programmable bitcoin payments inside games and apps. It was one of four Lightning Solutions for Enterprises talks, where MicroStrategy . showcased companies building on Lightning. | Nicolas Burtey, founder and CEO of Galoy, presents open-source banking software built on bitcoin and the Lightning Network, the technology behind community wallets such as Bitcoin Beach (now Blink). It was one of four Lightning Solutions for Enterprises talks, where MicroStrategy . showcased companies building on Lightning. |
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| The Promise of Lightning - A Fireside Chat with Michael Saylor & Elizabeth Stark | Introduction to Lightning) |
| Michael Saylor, Executive Chairman of MicroStrategy ., talks with Elizabeth Stark, CEO and co-founder of Lightning Labs, about how the Lightning Network extends bitcoin into fast, low-cost and private payments. They discuss how companies can use Lightning applications to solve everyday business problems. | Alex Leishman, CEO of River, gives an introduction to the Lightning Network, the payment network built on top of bitcoin for fast, low-cost transactions. The session was part of the Lightning for Corporations day, where MicroStrategy . explored how businesses could use Lightning. |
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| The Future of Bitcoin for Corporations - Michael Saylor & Natalie Brunell | Wall Street & Bitcoin Panel with Lyn Alden |
| Michael Saylor, Executive Chairman of MicroStrategy ., sits down with bitcoin podcaster Natalie Brunell at Bitcoin for Corporations 2023, part of MicroStrategy World 2023. Saylor makes the case that companies should focus on bitcoin rather than the wider crypto market, and discusses how corporations can learn about, adopt and benefit from it. | Shirish Jajodia of MicroStrategy's (now Strategy's) treasury and investor relations team moderates a panel with Lyn Alden, Andrew Moss of BofA Global Research and Mark Palmer of Berenberg on how Wall Street views bitcoin. They discuss how analysts, banks and asset managers were approaching the asset and the milestones that could bring wider institutional adoption. |
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| Bitcoin Legal & Regulatory Panel | Bitcoin Accounting & Tax Panel |
| W. Ming Shao, General Counsel of MicroStrategy ., moderates a panel with Dax Hansen of Perkins Coie, Neel Maitra of Wilson Sonsini and Chalyse Robinson of WilmerHale on the legal and regulatory outlook for bitcoin. They discuss how emerging legislation around the world could affect bitcoin as an asset class and the trends companies should watch. , the discussion reflects the U.S. regulatory landscape at the time. | Andrew Kang, CFO of MicroStrategy ., moderates a panel with Deloitte's Amy Park and Rob Massey and Fortris's Noah Herman on accounting, reporting and tax for companies that hold bitcoin. The panel discusses FASB's then-proposed move to fair value accounting for digital assets. That standard was finalized in December 2023, and Strategy adopted it at the start of 2025. |
Thanks for digging this up. It's crazy that Strategy just published these now, videos from May 4, 2023 in Orlando, but they still feel very fresh. 2023 was when Lightning for Corporations was really starting to make sense for big companies, not just Bitcoiners.
The first two panels already tell the whole story. The Lightning Infrastructure Panel with Ryan Gentry moderating Graham Krizek from Voltage, Roy Sheinfeld from Breez, and Nick Slaney from TBD, that is the builders talking about what companies actually need to run Lightning. Then the Future Vision Panel with Lyn Alden, Jeff Booth and Preston Pysh, moderated by Yan Pritzker from Swan, that is the big picture - how Lightning could change payments completely.
And then the second half is even stronger. Jack Mallers keynote, A Bright Orange Future, talking about how Strike lets people send money instantly around the world, that is still the best pitch for Lightning. Then Saylor himself with Cezary Raczko presenting the MicroStrategy Lightning Platform, with bitcoin-enabled email addresses and rewards paid in sats to cut spam and bots. That idea is still ahead of its time. Thanks for posting all the links in one place, I am going to watch the Saylor one first.