SoCal Lightning hosted Rui and Joao from OpenNode and Justin from Bitrefill on a panel to talk about the Lightning Network.  They discussed where Lightning Network development is at today, what needs to be improved, and what they expect to be accomplished in 2019.

*Guest* https://twitter.com/juscamarena https://twitter.com/bitrefill https://twitter.com/joaodealmeida94 https://twitter.com/ruigomeseu https://twitter.com/OpenNodeCo

*Host* www.theliteschool.com https://twitter.com/ecurrencyhodler

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Simon O'Hanlan from Token Analyst talks about his recent dive into studying the curious case behind the gaps found in Bitcoin nonces since 2016.  We discuss whether this is a problem for Bitcoin and whether or not we should be concerned. *Show Notes* https://twitter.com/thetokenanalyst/status/1088089850782367746 *Host* www.theliteschool.com https://twitter.com/ecurrencyhodler

*Guest* https://twitter.com/thetokenanalyst https://twitter.com/simonohanlon101

*Sound Track* Rock Angel by Joakim Karud https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud Creative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported— CC BY-SA 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/K8eRXvLL7Wo

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It's a new season of The Lite Podcast with a new style and new topics.  But let's start off the year by address 2 criticisms that have been leveled against Litecoin recently: 1) Litecoin is not a testnet for Bitcoin 2) The Lightning Network on Bitcoin will make LTC obselete.

*Host* www.theliteschool.com https://twitter.com/ecurrencyhodler

*Sound Track* Rock Angel by Joakim Karud https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud Creative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported— CC BY-SA 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/K8eRXvLL7Wo

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Vilius Semenas of CoinGate shares his insights as a Lightning Network merchant processor such as how volume hasn't decreased during the bear market and the challenges of refunding cryptopayments.

*Guest* https://coingate.com/ https://twitter.com/CoinGatecom

*Host* www.theliteschool.com https://twitter.com/ecurrencyhodler

*Sound Track* www.bensound.com

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OpenNode talks about their story and how they got into the Lightning Network at the Socal Lightning meetup.

*Guest* https://opennode.co https://twitter.com/OpenNodeCo

*Host* www.theliteschool.com https://twitter.com/ecurrencyhodler *Sound Track* www.bensound.com

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Curtis Green, an admin of the Silk Road, and I explore what the Silk Road really was about and how he was framed by law enforcement agents.  To learn more about his incredible story, buy his book in the show notes below!

*Guest* https://twitter.com/ilovepoker https://amzn.to/2Bp7DtR

*Host* www.theliteschool.com https://twitter.com/ecurrencyhodler **Sound Track* www.bensound.com

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Recording from the first ever Litecoin Meetup in the OC!

Powerpoint of the presentation: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1dJMXoLbxJl5EJJVyTruCAFvUm4MVbFsM58ujgvBnsf8/edit?usp=sharing

Lightning Network Articles: https://theliteschool.com/lsc/litecoin-technology/the-lightning-network-part-1 https://theliteschool.com/lsc/litecoin-technology/the-lightning-network-part-2 https://theliteschool.com/lsc/litecoin-technology/the-lightning-network-part-3

Litecoin Meetup: https://www.meetup.com/Litecoin-United-OC/ *Host* www.theliteschool.com https://twitter.com/ecurrencyhodler

**Sound Track** Summer- https://www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music/track/summer

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Josh from Coindroids talks about in-game mechanics and why he chose to build his game on Litecoin instead of Bitcoin and even Visa.

**Guest** https://twitter.com/Coindroids

*Host* www.theliteschool.com https://twitter.com/ecurrencyhodler

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This episode we cover the difference between good debt and bad debt, and the tax advantages of using your Litecoin as collateral to take out loans.

**Guest**

https://twitter.com/TheRealBlockFi?lang=en

https://blockfi.com/

*Host* www.theliteschool.com https://twitter.com/ecurrencyhodler

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Justin from Bitrefill comes on the show to talk about why Litecoin was added to Bitrefill, how exchanges could use the Lightning Network, and why it can be a better option than Blockstream's Liquid.

*Guest* https://twitter.com/juscamarena www.bitrefill.com

*Host* www.theliteschool.com https://twitter.com/ecurrencyhodler

**Sound Track** Summer- https://www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music/track/summer **Referral Links** -http://bit.ly/HW-NanoS (Hardware Wallet) -Billfodl (Back it up with a Billfodl. Use "theliteschool" for 10% off!)

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