Connect The World EP039 | Bastien Teinturier | Acinq | France

"Edward and Stef talk to Bastien Teinturier, VP of Engineering at ACINQ, a Bitcoin technology company that wants to make the Lightning Network more user-friendly!

ACINQ started in 2014 and first focused on hardware Bitcoin wallets. With the release of the Lightning paper they switched fully to Lightning!

Bastien shares how they’ve driven most of the innovation in Lightning wallets and Lightning Service Provider features. Pushing changes to the specification and implementations allowed the 2nd generation of lightning wallets like Phoenix to emerge. Everybody at ACINQ is continuously working on all layers of the stack, from the core node software to the end-user’s wallet!

Want to know more about this amazing startup located in Paris? Then tune in for this brand new show!" - Jonī Kyasshu

🎤 Links to the guest • https://twitter.com/realtbast • https://github.com/t-bast

⏱ Timestamps

00:00 - Intro - “10 Questions” 02:40 - Part 1 - Connect The World community 08:49 - Statistics 09:38 - News 14:07 - Ring Of Fire (ROF) 15:28 - Lightning Notes 17:03 - Part 2 - Guest: Bastien Teinturier 25:19 - “21 minutes” 48:14 - Question from our last guest 51:40 - Outro