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02:00 What’s difficult about running a Lightning node?
06:42 Motivation for developing VLS
08:37 VLS basic security model
10:20 VLS hardware signing devices
11:17 VLS release status
13:46 VLS disaster recovery charter
17:15 VLS integration with Greenlight
18:34 UTXO set oracles
22:02 VLS validation rules
24:02 What’s next for VLS
25:17 Using multisignature with VLS
28:22 How to contribute to the VLS open-source project
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1:28 Introduction to Blockstream Research
14:04 The Codex32 paper computer
20:51 What is Shamir’s Secret Sharing?
27:21 How Jade protects key information
34:47 Implementing Miniscript in Blockstream Jade
38:31 Wen Simplicity on Liquid ser?
48:45 Formal verification with Simplicity
53:31 Using Simplicity for CTV & APO functionality
59:35 How drivechains differ from other layer-2s
1:10:39 FROST and MuSig2
1:16:53 Blockstream Satellite and zero-knowledge proofs
1:22:13 Blockstream Research’s work on bulletproofs ++
1:35:52 The next 12-18 months in Bitcoin development
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🌊 Find out more about the Liquid Network
⛏️ Learn about the Blockstream Mining Note
02:10 Erik’s path to Bitcoin
03:38 How Mt. Gox influenced Blockstream
06:26 Surviving multiple market cycles
23:29 Asset issuance on Liquid
28:29 Blockstream Mining Note
32:33 Crossover between Bitcoin & tradfi
35:15 Institutional interest in integrating Liquid
38:50 Working with Dr. Adam Back
42:10 Bitcoin adoption inflection points
44:41 Bitcoin usage in different markets
46:42 What’s next for Blockstream?
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02:00 Jeff’s role at Blockstream 03:00 Bitcoin layer-2 synergies
04:05 Lightning & Liquid’s effect on Bitcoin adoption
11:00 Greenlight 12:39 Integrating Lightning in Blockstream Green 14:11 Use cases developing on Liquid
18:00 Confidential Transactions on the Liquid Network
20:24 The Blockstream Jade Bitcoin hardware wallet
23:00 Non-custodial trading of Liquid assets on Jade
24:15 Control & privacy benefits of decentralized technology
30:34 Institutional interest in the Liquid Network 33:29 Up & coming Blockstream projects
35:50 Timeline on Simplicity integration into Liquid
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3:26 Blockstream Research mission & structure
04:53 So simple it fits on a T-Shirt
09:30 Bitcoin’s last soft fork?
15:56 SIGHASH_ANYPREVOUT OP_CHECKTEMPLATEVERIFY
23:59Applications of Simplicity
2:40 Risks & rewards of merging Simplicity to Bitcoin L1
29:25 Fee market implications of merging Simplicity
33:36 The process of implementing SImplicity on Bitcoin
39:25 Criticisms of Simplicity
44:51 Relationship between Miniscript & Simplicity
49:47 Simplicity resources
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01:02 Who is Adi?
01:46 What is Greenlight?
02:50 Challenges of running a Lightning node
06:54 Status of Greenlight developer preview
09:26 Regulations and compliance
11:29 Building apps on Greenlight
13:58 Benefits of Lightning
15:03 Lightning Network adoption
15:52 The security of Greenlight
17:31 Cost effectiveness of running a node
18:50 Routing nodes vs edge nodes
19:42 Greenlight’s approach to privacy
20:54 Lightning node backups with Greenlight
22:00 Facilitating user off boarding to own infrastructure
22:42 No walled gardens
23:13 Liquid Integrations
23:43 Summer of Bitcoin
25:18 Adding Greenlight to Lightning devs tooling
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🌊 Start building on Bitcoin with the Liquid Build On L2 community
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00:45 What does Boltz do?
02:26 Using Liquid swaps
04:20 Why build on Liquid?
05:37 Challenges during implementation
07:42 Other channel rebalancing solutions
11:40 The swap process between Liquid and Lightning
15:34 What level of trust does Boltz require?
18:02 Lightning Network capacity
20:57 Bitcoin layer-2s supporting each other
22:05 Lightning Network transaction sizes
25:12 Lightning Network adoption
31:25 Optimizing Boltz
33:25 The Boltz API
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1:58 Las aplicaciones de blockchain en los mercados financieros
5:48 Los beneficios de usar estas tecnologías en los mercados financieros, tanto para los participantes del mercado como para los consumidores
15:06 Los desafíos principales que enfrenta la adopción de blockchain en los mercados financieros y cómo se pueden superar
21:10 ¿Qué es Elements y cuáles son sus principales características?
26:31 UTXO vs. Modelo de Cuentas
34: 09 ¿Qué es el Liquid Network y cómo funciona?
37:49 ¿Qué es el “shadow banking”?
40:27: La industria de los pagarés y sus principales desafíos
49:01 Otras industrias que tienen similares desafíos y una gran razón para digitalizarse de la misma manera que los pagarés?
51:36 Mineros de Bitcoin digitalizando sus acuerdos de compra de energía por parte de mineros
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01:14 Lessons from the Green Beta testing
07:46 Mnemonic interchangeability
12:50 Blockstream Green for beginners
16:47 A Bitcoin wallet’s core services
24:03 Blockstream Jade as a Bitcoin Miner
26:48 Blockstream Green’s pin unlock service
29:22 Secure elements
35:00 Open-source software & DIY
35:50 Liquid integration with Green
37:22 Watch only wallets
39:37 Greenlight
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🌊 Start building on Bitcoin's financial layer with the Build On L2 Liquid community
🤝 Check out Side Swap settlement infrastructure for the Liquid Network
2:14 Why build on Bitcoin?
3:32 Colored Coins protocol
5:32 How Atomic Swaps work
8:00 The spectrum of decentralized finance
8:52 What SideSwap is focused on
12:14 Lessons from previous Bitcoin cycles
12:57 The importance of Bitcoin based capital markets
17:26 Issuing securities as bearer assets
19:35 The tokenization of securities
20:37 Transfer restricted asset technology
25:12 Differences between CEX & DEX
26:19 Private swaps on SideSwap
27:22 What does PEGx do?
31:46 Voting with Liquid digital securities
35:48 Dealing with regulators when facilitating trades
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