Welcome to The Bitcoin Layer, where we bring you research, analysis, and education for all things bitcoin and macro. In this episode, Nik sits down with Graham Krizek, the founder and CEO of Voltage a bitcoin company building out infrastructure lightning network. Graham describes his journey to create Voltage and gives his take on the current state of the lightning network ecosystem including the biggest risks, his take on other layer 2 technologies, Voltage's recent partnership with Google Cloud to service a more global customer base, and the future of lightning and Voltage as the bitcoin application ecosystem grows.

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