We've just shipped Blockstream Talk #37 featuring one of the most important contributors to the open-source Liquid and Elements projects, and the Co-Founder of Vulpem Ventures, Marco Argentieri.
Jesse Knutson and Marco delve into Bitcoin layer-2 scaling solutions, from Liquid to Lightning and Ark, and discuss the incredible tools Marco has developed on Liquid, such as Marina Wallet, Fuji Money, and Tdex. They also cover covenants, sharing UTXOs, and bitcoin atomic swaps with Vulpem's latest offering, Banco. Dive into this conversation now to stay at the forefront of Bitcoin development.
I haven't used Liquid yet but I'm satisfied with what Lightning Network as a Layer 2 brings to Bitcoin
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I didn’t get quite understand why Vulpem didn’t choose lightning for their business? I could only interpret it as that they dislike competition. Lightning is not ‘only’ payments.
Perhaps they prefer a greater share of little/nothing rather than a little share of something greater.
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Buying games with Steam using Bitcoin is one of the great orange pill stories of how many people got into Bitcoin. So what made Italy especially Milan lose the title of "the Capital of Bitcoin"?
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Lightning is not the Panacea
Great quote here
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Liquid is a shitcoin, I stay with LN.
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