Can You Actually Earn on Lightning? With Chris Ritter | SLP739
From Stephan Livera Podcast by Stephan Livera
June 7, 2026 · 42 min · Season 1 · Episode 739
About this episode
Chris Ritter joins Stephan Livera to discuss the economics of the Lightning Network and its implications for Bitcoin payments.
In this episode, Chris Ritter joins me to discuss Lightning Network economics, yield opportunities, network centralization, and the rapid growth of Lightning payments. We explore who captures value in the Lightning Network, security considerations for routing nodes, and what recent data reveals about the future of Bitcoin payments. Timestamp: (00:00) – Introduction to Lightning Economics (04:23) – Understanding Bitcoin Treasury Strategies (09:08) – The Evolution of Lightning Network Routing (14:45) – Growth and Volume in the Lightning Network (19:57) – Centralization Trends in the Lightning Network (25:08) – Security Considerations in Lightning Routing (29:18) – Yield Generation in Lightning Network (35:05) – The Future of Payments and AI in Lightning (41:34) - Closing Thoughts Links: https://zeusln.com/ https://freecritter.xyz/ https://x.com/ZeusLN https://primal.net/freecritter Report: https://zeusln.com/Lightning_Economics_Report_April_2026.pdf Stephan Livera links: Follow me on X: @stephanlivera Subscribe to the podcast Subscribe
People in this episode
Host: Stephan Livera
Guest: Chris Ritter
Topics covered
- Lightning Network economics
- yield opportunities
- network centralization
- growth of Lightning payments
- security considerations
- Bitcoin payments
Keywords
- Lightning Network
- Bitcoin
- yield generation
- network centralization
- routing nodes
- payment growth
- security considerations
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Organizations: Lightning Network, Bitcoin, ZeusLN, Primal
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