Calvin Zachman

the best part of any storm is the @lightning • formerly Kubernetes @ibm • dumping kerosene on the fire in cyber space

[Barstool Sports @barstoolsports]

Me and the boys pulling up to FIFA HQ to file the Balogun appeal

[Lightning Labs⚡️🌐 @lightning]

Today we're announcing that Tether is coming to bitcoin and Lightning! 💸⚡

With the security and decentralization of bitcoin and the speed and scalability of Lightning, USDT will bring hundreds of millions of users and trillions in volume.

It all comes back to bitcoin.

[Calvin Zachman @calvz14]

@BitPaine It’s real in the sense that I bought bitcoin at a lower price than I could previously.

[Calvin Zachman @calvz14]

@positiveblue2 Jordi Sin(s) City

[Lightning Labs⚡️🌐 @lightning]

Announcing LND 0.18: Smarter Sweeps, Inbound Fees, and Improved Scaling!

Featuring:
Smarter sweeps to improve efficiency 🧹
Inbound fees for discounts to optimize routing 📥
SQL for invoices to boost node performance 📈

Read more and upgrade today: https://t.co/QdvOXLHUDm

[Dylan LeClair @DylanLeClair]

They're going to go after self-custody because they need capital controls to properly execute financial repression.

Capital is sufficiently captured in walled-garden ETFs.

Widely adopted self custodial #bitcoin used as a MoE w/ privacy tools present an existential threat.

[Edward Snowden @Snowden]

The Department of "Justice" has once again criminalized the developers of an app that restores financial privacy. The way to fix this it to make money private by default. Privacy must never be "exceptional," or they will make it criminal.

[Lightning Labs⚡️🌐 @lightning]

We're hosting a Twitter Spaces on Wed at 1pm ET/10am PT on #bitcoin programmability and Lightning! Hear from builders like @botanix, @AlpenLabs, @StarkWareLtd, @super_testnet of BitVM, and @mhluongo.

The bitcoin renaissance is in full swing. Join us!
https://t.co/rdWrGxZ9ol

[Calvin Zachman @calvz14]

@MichaelLevin You observing this effect as well?

[Justin @m1sterc001guy]

Yesterday at the Minneapolis Bitcoin meetup, we launched The Minneapolis Fed, which is a Fedimint for our community. I think this is one of the first mainnet community-lead federations and I'm excited to see more federations pop up over the coming year.

[Brandon Quittem @Bquittem]

Shoutout @m1sterc001guy for launching the Minneapolis Bitcoin Meetup Fediment tonight 🙌

Is this the first live Fediment in the wild?

Respect to @MutinyWallet for making this super easy.

[halfin @halfin]

Running bitcoin

[Calvin Zachman @calvz14]

@rkywld @Its_danielleey Awesome news, Rocky! Congratulations to you both!

[Calvin Zachman @calvz14]

@oomahq @murchandamus @PirateBiscuit @AsherHopp @GrassFedBitcoin @ocean_mining Appreciate the threads on this topic. Can you explain this in a bit more detail? Isn’t it the fee rate that matters here sats per unit of chain space occupied rather than the fees paid as percentage of the transacted amount?

[Calvin Zachman @calvz14]

@jab2322 @Breedlove22 I’m no pro, but I think you may have this backwards. Are bitcoin’s present outsized returns not in large a product of its potential for rapid global adoption? What happens to said returns in a post adoption phase world? Where does the return from holding the money come from?

[Lightning Labs⚡️🌐 @lightning]

Today we're excited to release LND 0.17: Tapping into Taproot! 🥕

Featuring:
Simple Taproot Channels enabling a lower cost and more private LN 🔮
Faster Neutrino syncs for mobile development ⏩
More efficient Watchtowers 🗼

Read more and upgrade today:
https://t.co/eh2PUeSczB

[ck @ck_SNARKs]

Grant #7: $50,000 to Justin Moeller (@m1sterc001guy) for his work on Fedimint.

Justin will focus on implementing a database migration mechanism to allow guardians to upgrade their Fedimint servers seamlessly.

[Calvin Zachman @calvz14]

@m1sterc001guy @BitcoinShooter @giacomozucco @BtcFrancis You’re right! The game was supposed to be “dual funded” but I had some conveniently timed wallet difficulties 😊

[LND PR Review Club @lndreviewclub]

Next week's PR is #7376, authored by @actuallyCarlaKC and hosted by @calvz14. This PR will equip LND with the ability to forward HTLCs that are part of a blinded route.

Join us next Thurs 4/27 at 10 am PT / 1 pm ET / 5 pm UTC

https://t.co/KlEpNlHe0h

[Calvin Zachman @calvz14]

@clockwork_prior @wiz Always have wanted to do this. Bring back some pro-tips for when us stragglers finally make it there. Have a great trip!