Music Credits

Protofunk by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4247-protofunk
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Ethernight Club by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/7612-ethernight-club
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Lightning at your finger tips!

It is pretty clear at this point that lightning will be a major part of the Bitcoin financial system. How can you use it? What is it useful for? And where can it be used right now? We talk about all this and a number of other items on this epiosode!

Cool use cases for lightning and how we use it…

El Salvador adoption https://bitcoinmagazine.com/technical/lightning-ballooned-since-el-salvador-bitcoin-bet

Use cases around the world:

• You can buy coffee directly from El Salvador! https://thegoodbeans.com
• Bitcoin ATMs in El Salvador support Lightning! https://decrypt.co/204933/lightning-network-hits-bitcoin-atms-in-el-salvador
• You can trade with Lightning, a non-kyc bitcoin futures trading platform! https://lnmarkets.com/
• Buy Bitcoin related books from Saifedean Ammous book shop! https://thesaifhouse.com/

• Chat with AI
  • Frankie GPT
  • Unleashed https://unleashed.chat/app/chat
• Pay for a domain
• Earn sats by listening to Podcasts on Fountain, v4v
• Read and boost news at Stacker news
• DCA with Strike
• Install android apps with zapstore and upport the developers
• Shopping https://getalby.com/discover#shopping
  • Paying with Lightning in real life https://darth-coin.github.io/merchants/bitcoin-lightning-payments-irl-en.html
• Pay for VPN with Lightning https://getalby.com/discover#privacy
  • LNVPN https://lnvpn.net
  • Top up Mullvad https://vpn.sovereign.engineering
• Buy eSIM https://silent.link

Bitcoin  Price at Time of Recording

February 5th, 2025: 97,500 USD | 93,600 EUR

Block Height at Time of Recording

882,448

News and Notes

Tether on Lightning
Trump Signs Executive Order for Soverign Wealth Fund

Discover apps:
https://getalby.com/discover

Discover local producers and services
https://btcmap.org

Technology details:
https://lightning-network.tech

Software Updates
SeedSigner v0.8.5
Sparrow Wallet v2.1.1
ZEUS v0.9.5
Damus Notedeck v0.3.0 (Alpha 2)
Rust-nostr v0.39.0

Episode Page

https://satoshis-plebs.com/episode-196

Music Credits

Protofunk by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4247-protofunk
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Ethernight Club by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/7612-ethernight-club
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Website

https://satoshis-plebs.com

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We are looking forward to hearing from you!