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My talk on @lightning and why Layer 2 will be the HTTP of bitcoin and blockchains is out!⚡️ youtube.com/watch?v=3PcR4H… @blockstackorg
elizabeth stark ⚡
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elizabeth stark ⚡
@starkness
big fan of the internet. like building things. ceo/founder @lightning labs, fellow @coincenter. taught @stanford + @yalelawtech. #bitcoin
brooklyn
Joined March 2007
- 2008: Too big to fail 2021: Too small to win
- After countless late nights, lines of code, bug fixes, and memes... We finally released Lightning for bitcoin mainnet!!! ⚡️⚡️⚡️Big day for bitcoin, Lightning goes live on mainnet! ⚡ Announcing the first Lightning beta release for the live bitcoin network, lnd 0.4. Read about it here: blog.lightning.engineering/announcement/2… 👩🏻🚀👨🏿🚀🚀
- "By 2005 or so, it will become clear that the Internet’s impact on the economy has been no greater than the fax machine’s." —Paul Krugman, 1998 📠🤔😂Bitcoin, what is it good for? hackernoon.com/ten-years-in-n…
- That feeling when the Bank of International Settlements tells you to stop writing code because, well, only central banks can create money: 😂😂😂BIS Chief to Crypto Coders: 'Stop Trying to Create Money' bit.ly/2zdPgc5
- #Bitcoin as protocol has huge potential: it's like the TCP layer, but no one has built the HTTP layer yet. via @jacobwcarlson cc @pmarca
- Just got this from a recruiter. Position requires 10 years of blockchain experience. So you're looking to hire Satoshi are you? 😂
- On October 31, 2008 Satoshi Nakamoto released a white paper to the world, and almost nobody cared. People thought that global, decentralized money with no one in control was insane. 10 years on, we're proving them wrong day by day. Here's to the next decade & beyond. #bitcoin 🥂
- Achievement unlocked: We've created a fully compatible Lightning Network on bitcoin! ✅⚡️Announcing the first-ever interoperable Lightning transactions using real bitcoin with @acinq_co @Blockstream! We bought a Starblocks coffee ☕️ and a yalls.org article 📰. medium.com/@lightning_net… youtu.be/a73Gz3Tvx3k
- Announcing a crowdfunding campaign to help @hodlonaut defend against unfounded legal attacks. Any remaining funds will be donated to @btcven. Please spread the word and donate! weareallhodlonaut.com In the bitcoin community we stand up for each other. #WeAreAllHodlonaut 💪
- Today we're releasing our new Lightning app! New design, Neutrino light client, seed backup. ⚡️ The future of bitcoin is already here, it's just not evenly distributed. 😎The new Lightning app, powered by the Neutrino light client. ⚡️
00:00 - Phew, @jack takes the Lightning Torch, sends it to me, tweets a bunch about #bitcoin, agrees to do a podcast on the spot with @stephanlivera and me. Pretty sure #LightningTwitter is now officially a thing!⚡️Cool example of #BitcoinTwitter experimenting on the Lightning Network. 🔥 ⚡️Torch received, now passing along to @starkness! #LNtrustchain
- Replying to @APomplianoThe Lightning community is about building, not hype. Lightning is a marathon, not a sprint, and we're bringing #bitcoin to the next billion people. 💪
