06. Stephen DeLorme from Voltage: Designing for lightning and open source bitcoin

About this episode

Sahil Chaturvedi interviews Stephen DeLorme about his journey in design and development within the Bitcoin ecosystem.

In this episode of the Studio Twentyone Show, Sahil walks with Stephen DeLorme from Voltage to explore the intersection of design, development, and Bitcoin. Stephen shares his journey from comic book artist to graphic designer to Bitcoin builder, and insights from his work on Lightning Network infrastructure. 🔍 What you'll learn in this episode: The evolution from traditional design to Bitcoin engineering Approaches to building open source Bitcoin products Using AI tools to accelerate design and development Lightning Network's unique challenges and opportunities How designers can start coding with modern tools 🔗 Subscribe for more content on Bitcoin and product design from the Studio Twentyone Show ! Connect with Stephen: Website: https://d.elor.me/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/StephenDeLorme Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephendelorme Contact: steven@vtdo.ge Connect with Me: Twitter: https://x.com/SahilC0 Nostr: sahil@primal.net/sahil Web: https://sahilc.com/ Timestamps: 00:00 Introduction to the Studio Twentyone Show00:40 Meeting Stephen DeLorme01:19 Stephen's Hackathon Success02:09 UX for the Streets Workshop06:35 Stephen's Background and Journey10:11 From Comic…

People in this episode

Host: Sahil Chaturvedi

Guest: Stephen DeLorme

Topics covered

• design
• Bitcoin
• open source
• Lightning Network
• AI tools
• development

Keywords

• Bitcoin design
• Lightning Network
• open source products
• AI in design
• graphic design
• coding for designers

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Voltage, Lightning Network, Bitcoin, Spiral Grant, Bitcoin Design Guide

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