Alex Bosworth Talks Routing Nodes - LNJ036

Transcript: sicksub.network/LNJ036_Transcript

This is the 36th episode of the Lightning Junkies podcast. In this episode we have Alex Bosworth! Alex is well known for having created Yalls.org and getting a job at Lightning Labs. He is currently working as the Lightning Infrastructure Lead. He’s also generally known as someone running a profitable routing node and having some best practices to share.

We talk about:

2:13 - Alex’s Background

8:51 - What a Lightning Infrastructure Lead does

11:38 - Bos Score

13:55 - Routing Tips

21:05 - Lightning Labs new interface

22:55 - Channel Balancing

24:37 - Opening Channels

27:38 - Multipath Payments

34:42 - Future Vision with Alex Bosworth

35:58 - Lighting Cons

36:08 - Is Lightning Safe?

37:35 - Hopes and Dreams for the Lightning Network

39:26 - Lightning Network Growth

40:34 - WBTC

43:52 - Shitcoin and Lightning Hype

46:16 - What can you do for the Lightning Network?

Alex’s Twitter: twitter.com/alexbosworth

Alex’s GitHub: github.com/alexbosworth

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