Does Lightning Scale? @btcinsider__ reporter @niftynei chats with Jonathan Harvey-Buschel (jharveyb), an @MIT grad and current @ChaincodeLabs researcher, about his work on the Lightning gossip protocol at the @MITBitcoinClub Expo this past Sunday, April 12th.
See what he had to say about networking clusters, minisketch considerations, and how he's repurposing insights from the Erlay paper to make the Lightning Network scale to the next 100k nodes.
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Optech is always a good read tbh
And https://t.co/4vi8OxIkCZ is useful for a historical overview
Not sure why https://t.co/0OOkJu87rY is so hidden on the site though π€
Jonathan Harvey-Buschel (@jonhbit) posted updates about Gossip Observer, a tool for collecting LN gossip traffic and computing metrics to evaluate replacing message flooding with a set-reconciliation-based protocolβ¦
https://t.co/PNwRqnlBlA
@ChaincodeLabs I just learned about lightning P2P and I'm here to fix it π€
Current discussion:
https://t.co/19wypkRQcK
Will post some fresh data to https://t.co/eyIqx5qU26 soon!
Anybody out there have mutinynet funds I could borrow? Trying to test with higher amounts (1+ BTC). Can return coins in a week or two.
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π₯ Announcing the release of Polar v3.0.0! π
This release comes with support for the latest LND, Core Lightning, and Eclair versions, as well as a new addition to the app.
Polar now includes Lightning Terminal (litd) nodes with support for Taproot Assets channels.
Announcing the first mainnet release of multi-asset Lightning. π±β‘
With Taproot Assets, users can make instant, low fee asset transfers, bringing trillions of stablecoin volume to #bitcoin.
Lightning is now the global, interoperable financial layer. π
https://t.co/AHCBpEEO3i
excited to announce that Iβve just made the first mainnet *asset* keysend payment w/ Taproot Asset channels! β‘οΈπ₯
below you can see me sending beefbux across nodes instantly
the demo uses a dev version of litd (Lightning Terminal Daemon) that packages lnd+tapd βοΈ
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ayy mainnet lmao
next step, nerdsnipe script wizards into giving feedback for the v1 VM and playing with v0 - in client-side validation, no one knows you're a π with a thicc ALTSTACK
Announcing the first mainnet release of Taproot Assets π₯, a protocol for assets on #bitcoin and Lightning.
With this release, developers can issue financial assets on-chain in a scalable manner. π±
Today marks a new era of multi-asset bitcoin. π
https://t.co/2cNvZSvv8v
Don't forget to join us tomorrow, Oct 12 at 10am PT/1pm ET/5pm UTC for the next Taproot Assets Community Call! π₯
We will discuss our next big release for issuing and transferring assets on #bitcoin. Get a sneak peek of what's to come. π
RSVP here:
https://t.co/ERsbgqCS7v
Back from the mountain π§ββοΈ
Since our last release, it looks like the market is demanding some scaling solutions. This should cover a large set of current use cases - and please send us feedback on desired features etc.!
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Today we're excited to announce the newest version of Taproot Assets π₯, a scalable protocol to issue assets on #bitcoin and Lightning.
With this release, developers have the core set of features to bitcoinize the dollar in a chain-efficient manner! πΈβοΈ
https://t.co/7WmeDjNnM2
Join us on Tues 12/13 at 9am PT/12pm ET/5pm UTC for the first Taro Community Call! π
We will share our plans for Taro's development, get community feedback, and chat about building with assets on #bitcoin.
RSVP here:
https://t.co/ywKEtTcDVF
Been working on something cool, maybe it'll be a big deal one day
Any and all feedback is welcome π Not just for the code, but also the BIPs / protocol overall
And especially for features or use cases we haven't considered yet!
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Today we're excited to announce the initial code for Taro π , a new protocol to issue and transfer assets on #bitcoin and Lightning π.
With this release, we're one step closer to bitcoinizing the dollar, and the global financial system! ππ±
https://t.co/mRrLyttgXv
TODAY at 1pm PT/4pm ET
@hmichellerose@LeoAW@jonhbit@dstadulis will join our Lightning Lab π§ͺ Twitter Spaces to talk about how the Taro protocol works, how Taro assets can be sent over Lightning, and the future of Lightning as a multi-asset network.
https://t.co/xxbZaayVFv