SLP298 Rusty Russell - Lightning Offers ...

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

Links:

Twitter: @Rusty_twit
Site: Bolt12.org
Site: Blockstream.com

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