My guests are Desiree Dickerson and Ryan Gentry. They are working for one of the - in my eyes - hottest companies in the Bitcoin space. Lightning Labs was founded in 2016 by Elizabeth Stark and Olaoluwa Osuntokun. The Lightning Network is a second layer protocol on top of the Bitcoin network. We will be talking about the Lightning Network, what it is and what it is enabling, their most interesting products and about their outlook for the Lightning Network in 2021. Our topics: Their personal Bitcoin stories Areas where Bitcoin is important today What is LND (Lightning Network Daemon)? The development of the Lightning Network since its start Building through quarantine Growing number of apps and Lightning services Lightning Pool, Lightning Loop Streaming money and Podcasting 2.0 Lightning Network in 2021 Atomic multipath payments Kraken integrating Lightning Does Lightning Labs hold Bitcoin as company asset Shownotes on the episode page