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Aug 2021
1h 13m

SLP298 Rusty Russell - Lightning Offers ...

STEPHAN LIVERA
About this episode

Offers might be the next big idea for Bitcoin’s Lightning Network. Rusty Russell of Blockstream, working on the lightning spec and on c-lightning rejoins me to chat:

  • Current invoices today vs Offers
  • New use cases enabled e.g. static QR donation
  • Refunds
  • Recurring payments
  • ‘Speaking lightning’
  • Offers vs LN URL
  • What’s next

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