Rusty drops by to tell us about why privacy and robustness should be prioritized in Lightning. We discuss: LN symmetry (04:39) Do we want LN Symmetry to be symmetrical? (05:12) Listen to the conversation with instagibbs Peer to peer protocol (13:30) CTV (16:54) Pushing...

Elle Mouton and Oliver Gugger join us to talk with us about the Simple Taproot Channel proposal. We cover: Simple Taproot Channels Overview (1:29) What’s the state of the spec? (3:06) Changes to the scripts in Taproot Channels (4:31) Refresher on CPFP carve-out and Anchor Outputs (8:19) ...

Alekos Filini and Daniela Brozzoni visit the podcast to discuss the Bitcoin Development Kit (BDK). Hang out with them on the BDK Discord. We cover: How BDK started (00:48) Why is it named BDK and not the Magical Bitcoin Library? (2:10) The first users of BDK (3:30) Rust...