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Alex Bosworth Talks Routing Nodes - LNJ036

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This is the 36th episode of the Lightning Junkies podcast. In this episode we have Alex Bosworth! Alex is well known for having created Yalls.org and getting a job at Lightning Labs. He is currently working as the Lightning Infrastructure Lead. He’s also generally known as someone running a profitable routing node and having some best practices to share.

We talk about:

  • 2:13 - Alex’s Background
  • 8:51 - What a Lightning Infrastructure Lead does
  • 11:38 - Bos Score
  • 13:55 - Routing Tips
  • 21:05 - Lightning Labs new interface
  • 22:55 - Channel Balancing
  • 24:37 - Opening Channels
  • 27:38 - Multipath Payments
  • 34:42 - Future Vision with Alex Bosworth
  • 35:58 - Lighting Cons
  • 36:08 - Is Lightning Safe?
  • 37:35 - Hopes and Dreams for the Lightning Network
  • 39:26 - Lightning Network Growth
  • 40:34 - WBTC
  • 43:52 - Shitcoin and Lightning Hype
  • 46:16 - What can you do for the Lightning Network?

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    Alex’s GitHub: github.com/alexbosworth

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