About this episode

The episode discusses asynchronous lightning payments and their potential benefits with Breez developer Jesse de Wit.

In this episode of Bitcoin, Explained, Aaron and Sjors are joined by Breez developer Jesse de Wit to discuss asynchronous lightning payments. They explain why such payments would be useful, how they would work, and what building blocks are required to realize it. In the process, Aaron, Sjors and Jesse also cover the basics of PTLCs and Trampoline Payments. === This episode’s sponsor: ⁠⁠CoinKite⁠⁠ , maker of the ColdCard Jesse’s Twitter: @WitDeJesse Jesse's Nostr: npub18hwpk5qep3ptnmzatq22ptwr9mth7ccrku56rdntwpxjxlkfyr2qrav8du Aaron's Twitter: ⁠⁠@AaronvanW⁠⁠ Aaron’s Nostr: npub1art8cs66ffvnqns5zs5qa9fwlctmusj5lj38j94lv0ulw0j54wjqhpm0w5 Sjors’ Twitter: ⁠⁠@provoost⁠⁠ Sjors’ Nostr: npub1s6z7hmmx2vud66f3utxd70qem8cwtggx0jgc7gh8pqwz2k8cltuqrdwk4c

People in this episode

Hosts: Aaron, Sjors

Guest: Jesse de Wit

Topics covered

• asynchronous payments
• Lightning Network
• PTLCs
• Trampoline Payments
• Bitcoin technology

Keywords

• asynchronous payments
• Lightning Network
• PTLCs
• Trampoline Payments
• Bitcoin

Sponsors

CoinKite

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Breez

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