The Kevin Rooke Show

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SS11: How CrowdHealth is Stacking Sats with the Breez SDK Dec 13, 2023

Show notes

Today’s episode features Andy Schoonover at CrowdHealth which is stacks sats by giving Americans a community-powered, and Bitcoin-powered alternative to health insurance.
→ CrowdHealth: https://www.joincrowdhealth.com/

Sponsors

→ Stakwork: https://stacksats.how/stakwork
→ CrowdHealth: https://www.joincrowdhealth.com/

This show is a Lightning podcast. That means instead of asking for likes or shares, I ask for sats.

The best way to show your support is to download Fountain from the App Store, load your wallet with some sats, and send them over the Lightning Network to kerooke@fountain.fm.

→ Fountain: https://www.fountain.fm/
→ More Episodes: https://www.stacksats.how/podcast
→ Lightning Address: ⚡kerooke@fountain.fm

Links
→ Stack Sats: https://www.stacksats.how/
→ Twitter: https://twitter.com/kerooke
→ Books: https://www.kevinrooke.com/book-recommendations
→ Stacker News: https://stacker.news/r/kr

The Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller and the World Economy Bigger | Marc Levinson | BM1 Dec 05, 2023

Show notes

→ The Box: ⁠https://www.bookmarked.club/books/the-box⁠ Sponsors → Stakwork: ⁠https://stacksats.how/stakwork⁠ → CrowdHealth: ⁠https://www.joincrowdhealth.com/⁠ Summary On this episode, Marc Levinson explores the history and impact of containerization on the global economy. He begins with an introduction to the topic and the motivation behind writing his book 'The Box'. The discussion then delves into the state of international trade before the advent of containers and the challenges faced by dock workers. The role of regulation and the ICC in shaping the industry is also explored. The conversation highlights the story of Malcolm McLean and his pivotal role in the birth of containerization. The impact on small shipping towns, the unintended consequences, and the expansion and standardization of containers are also discussed. Finally, the conversation explores the lessons learned from container standardization, the impact of container shipping on Asia and American economies, the reversal of ship sizes, technological innovations in the shipping industry, potential threats to the shipping industry, and the development of the container shipping industry. Takeaways - Containerization revolutionized international trade and played a major role in the growth of globalization. - The development of container shipping was driven by a combination of economic factors, technological advancements, and the vision of individuals like Malcolm McLean. - The standardization of containers and the establishment of regular shipping routes were crucial in the growth and success of containerization. - Containerization had significant implications for labor unions, dock workers, and small shipping towns, leading to changes in employment and economic structures. Container standardization took about 10 years to reach a result that seemed acceptable to everybody, showing that standardization processes can be slow. - Container shipping had a significant impact on the economies of Asia and the United States, enabling the growth of trade and the development of new business models. - The trend of increasing ship sizes is likely to reverse, as the economies of scale are not as beneficial as initially expected. - Technological innovations in the shipping industry are focused on marginal improvements rather than revolutionary changes. - Technologies like 3D printing and demographic changes may pose threats to the shipping industry. - The development of the container shipping industry was a result of incremental changes and decisions that had significant long-term effects. Chapters 00:00 Introduction and Background 03:41 Life Before Containers 10:09 Regulation and the Role of the ICC 13:10 Malcolm McLean and the Birth of Containerization 19:49 Challenges and Hurdles in the Early Days of Containers 28:47 Impact on Dock Workers and Labor Unions 33:49 Effects on Small Shipping Towns 39:09 Unintended Consequences and Second Order Effects 52:50 Expansion and Standardization of Containers 57:33 Lessons from Container Standardization 01:00:42 The Impact of Container Shipping on Asia and American Economies 01:17:30 The Reversal of Ship Sizes 01:23:11 Technological Innovations in the Shipping Industry 01:27:04 The Potential Threats to the Shipping Industry 01:28:02 The Development of the Container Shipping Industry This show is a Lightning podcast. That means instead of asking for likes or shares, I ask for sats. The best way to show your support is to download Fountain from the App Store, load your wallet with some sats, and send them over the Lightning Network to kerooke@fountain.fm. → Fountain: ⁠https://www.fountain.fm/⁠ → More Episodes: ⁠https://www.stacksats.how/podcast⁠ → Lightning Address: ⚡⁠kerooke@fountain.fm⁠ → Nostr NIP-05: ⁠kr@stacker.news⁠ Links → Bookmarked: ⁠https://www.bookmarked.club/⁠ → Stack Sats: ⁠https://www.stacksats.how/⁠ → Twitter: ⁠https://twitter.com/kerooke

TLS125: Christian Decker on Blockstream Greenlight, Custody on Lightning, and More Nov 26, 2023

Show notes

Christian Decker is an engineer at Blockstream. We spoke in October about how their recently released Blockstream Greenlight works, custody trade-offs on the Lightning Network, and much more.

→ Blockstream Greenlight: https://blockstream.com/lightning/greenlight/

Sponsors

→ Stakwork: https://stacksats.how/stakwork

→ CrowdHealth: https://www.joincrowdhealth.com/

This show is a Lightning podcast. That means instead of asking for likes or shares, I ask for sats.

The best way to show your support is to download Fountain from the App Store, load your wallet with some sats, and send them over the Lightning Network to kerooke@fountain.fm.

→ Fountain: https://www.fountain.fm/

→ More Episodes: https://www.stacksats.how/podcast

→ Lightning Address: ⚡kerooke@fountain.fm

→ Nostr NIP-05: kr@stacker.news

Links

→ Bookmarked: https://www.bookmarked.club/

→ Stack Sats: https://www.stacksats.how/

→ Twitter: https://twitter.com/kerooke

TLS124: Christopher Calicott on Trammell Venture Partners & Building a Bitcoin-Native VC Fund Nov 18, 2023

Show notes

Christopher Calicott is the Managing Director at Trammell Venture Partners, the first Bitcoin-native VC fund.

We spoke in September about TVP’s business, the investing frameworks they use, why they’re so excited about things like AI and the Lightning Network, and much more.

→ Trammell Venture Partners: https://tvp.fund/

Sponsors

→ Stakwork: https://stacksats.how/stakwork

→ CrowdHealth: https://www.joincrowdhealth.com/

→ Vida: https://vida.io/

This show is a Lightning podcast. That means instead of asking for likes or shares, I ask for sats.

The best way to show your support is to download Fountain from the App Store, load your wallet with some sats, and send them over the Lightning Network to kerooke@fountain.fm.

→ Fountain: https://www.fountain.fm/

→ More Episodes: https://www.stacksats.how/podcast

→ Lightning Address: ⚡kerooke@fountain.fm

→ Nostr NIP-05: kr@stacker.news

Links

→ Stack Sats: https://www.stacksats.how/

→ Twitter: https://twitter.com/kerooke

→ Book Recommendations: https://www.bookmarked.club/

→ Stacker News: https://stacker.news/r/kr

TLS123: Sam Wouters on the State of the Lightning Network in 2023 Nov 05, 2023

Show notes

Sam Wouters is a Bitcoin Research Analyst at River, and helped write one of the most comprehensive reports on Bitcoin’s Lightning Network to date. In our conversation we explored River's latest report and went back and forth on a lot of the topics and stats that I found most interesting. → River's Lightning Report: https://river.com/learn/files/river-lightning-report-2023.pdf Sponsors → Stakwork: https://stacksats.how/stakwork → CrowdHealth: https://www.joincrowdhealth.com/ This show is a Lightning podcast. That means instead of asking for likes or shares, I ask for sats. The best way to show your support is to download Fountain from the App Store, load your wallet with some sats, and send them over the Lightning Network to kerooke@fountain.fm. → Fountain: https://www.fountain.fm/ → More Episodes: https://www.stacksats.how/podcast → Lightning Address: ⚡kerooke@fountain.fm → Nostr NIP-05: kr@stacker.news Links → Stack Sats: https://www.stacksats.how/ → Twitter: https://twitter.com/kerooke → Books: https://www.kevinrooke.com/book-recommendations → Bitcoin News: https://stacker.news/r/kr

TLS122: Fanis Michalakis on LN Markets, DLCs, Lightning, and More Oct 21, 2023

Show notes

Fanis Michalakis is a developer at LN Markets, a Bitcoin derivatives exchange built on the Lightning Network.

In our conversation, we covered the value of Lightning-powered trading, DLCs and the Lightning Network, and we discussed LN Markets adoption and product roadmap.

→ LN Markets: https://lnmarkets.com

Sponsor

→ Stakwork: https://stacksats.how/stakwork

This show is a Lightning podcast. That means instead of asking for likes or shares, I ask for sats.

The best way to show your support is to download Fountain from the App Store, load your wallet with some sats, and send them over the Lightning Network to kerooke@fountain.fm.

→ Fountain: https://www.fountain.fm/

→ More Episodes: https://www.stacksats.how/podcast

→ Lightning Address: ⚡kerooke@fountain.fm

→ Nostr NIP-05: kr@stacker.news

Links

→ Stack Sats: https://www.stacksats.how/

→ Twitter: https://twitter.com/kerooke

→ Books: https://www.kevinrooke.com/book-recommendations

→ Bitcoin News: https://stacker.news/r/kr

SS10: How the Satoshi Coffee Company Stacked Millions of Sats with BTCPayServer Oct 14, 2023

Show notes

The Satoshi Coffee Co. is a merchant who has stacked millions of sats for their line of fresh-roasted coffee.

→ Satoshi Coffee Co: https://sats.coffee/

Sponsors

→ Stakwork: https://stacksats.how/stakwork

→ Nodeless: https://nodeless.io

This show is a Lightning podcast. That means instead of asking for likes or shares, I ask for sats.

The best way to show your support is to download Fountain from the App Store, load your wallet with some sats, and send them over the Lightning Network to kerooke@fountain.fm.

→ Fountain: https://www.fountain.fm/

→ More Episodes: https://www.stacksats.how/podcast

→ Lightning Address: ⚡kerooke@fountain.fm

Links

→ Stack Sats: https://www.stacksats.how/

→ Twitter: https://twitter.com/kerooke

→ Books: https://www.kevinrooke.com/book-recommendations

→ Bitcoin News: https://stacker.news/r/kr

TLS121: Jesse Shrader on Amboss Magma & Hydro, Lightning Network Metrics & Adoption, and More Sep 15, 2023

Show notes

Jesse Shrader is the CEO of Amboss, a data analytics platform built for the Lightning Network that also offers a marketplace for buying and selling Lightning channels.

In our conversation, we covered the adoption of Amboss’ Magma marketplace to date, how their new product Hydro aims to help merchants and those seeking yields on their Lightning liquidity, and we examined the structure of the Lightning Network in the context of other transportation networks.

→ Amboss Hydro: https://amboss.space/hydro/intro

Sponsors

→ Voltage: https://stacksats.how/voltage

→ Stakwork: https://stacksats.how/stakwork

This show is a Lightning podcast. That means instead of asking for likes or shares, I ask for sats.

The best way to show your support is to download Fountain from the App Store, load your wallet with some sats, and send them over the Lightning Network to kerooke@fountain.fm.

→ Fountain: https://www.fountain.fm/

→ More Episodes: https://www.stacksats.how/podcast

→ Lightning Address: ⚡kerooke@fountain.fm

→ Nostr NIP-05: kr@stacker.news

Links

→ Stack Sats: https://www.stacksats.how/

→ Twitter: https://twitter.com/kerooke

→ Books: https://www.kevinrooke.com/book-recommendations

→ Bitcoin News: https://stacker.news/r/kr

Timestamps

00:00 - Intro

02:24 - Jesse Shrader Intro

05:07 - Understanding Yield, Cost, and APR on Magma

19:45 - Metrics for Understanding the Lightning Network

25:15 - Amboss Magma Adoption & Challenges

29:09 - How Amboss Hydro Improves Magma Demand

39:07 - Privacy on Amboss and the Lightning Network

52:57 - Auditability on the Lightning Network

59:40 - Lightning & Railways

1:11:59 - Payment Reliability on the Lightning Network

1:14:15 - The Lightning Round

TLS120: Artur Brugeman on Building Nostr Band, The Growth of Nostr, and Spring's New Nostr Browser Sep 08, 2023

Show notes

Artur Brugeman is the founder of Nostr Band, a collection of Nostr search services for exploring the Nostr ecosystem. In our discussion, we explored the state of Nostr adoption so far, the catalysts that could usher in the next wave of users, the role of Lightning payments on Nostr, and why Nostr Band is working on building a Nostr browser called Spring. → Nostr Band: https://nostr.band/ → Spring: https://spring.site/ Sponsors → Voltage: https://stacksats.how/voltage → Stakwork: https://stacksats.how/stakwork This show is a Lightning podcast. That means instead of asking for likes or shares, I ask for sats. The best way to show your support is to download Fountain from the App Store, load your wallet with some sats, and send them over the Lightning Network to kerooke@fountain.fm. → Fountain: https://www.fountain.fm/ → More Episodes: https://www.stacksats.how/podcast → Lightning Address: ⚡kerooke@fountain.fm → Nostr NIP-05: kr@stacker.news Links → Stack Sats: https://www.stacksats.how/ → Twitter: https://twitter.com/kerooke → Books: https://www.kevinrooke.com/book-recom... → Bitcoin News: https://stacker.news/r/kr Timestamps 00:00 - Intro

02:06 - Artur Brugeman Intro

08:30 - What is Nostr Band?

16:57 - Nostr Search vs. Google Search

23:05 - Adoption and Key Themes for the Nostr Ecosystem

40:05 - Beyond Censorship Resistance, Why Use Nostr?

55:27 - The Role of Lightning Payments on Nostr

1:04:00 - Spring, The Nostr Browser

1:14:25 - Why You Should Try Using Nostr Again

1:17:04 - The Lightning Round

TLS119: Alex Leishman on the Future of Lightning Payments, Taproot Assets, and River's Lightning Node Sep 01, 2023

Show notes

Alex Leishman is the CEO of River, a US-based Bitcoin exchange that also offers Bitcoin mining and Lightning Network services.

In our discussion, we explored the challenges with Lightning today and the potential solutions that could usher in the future of Lightning payments, the best ways to measure the growth of the Lightning Network, and River’s strategy for managing one of the world’s largest Lightning nodes.

→ River: https://river.com/

Sponsors

→ Voltage: https://stacksats.how/voltage

→ Stakwork: https://stacksats.how/stakwork

This show is a Lightning podcast. That means instead of asking for likes or shares, I ask for sats.

The best way to show your support is to download Fountain from the App Store, load your wallet with some sats, and send them over the Lightning Network to kerooke@fountain.fm.

→ Fountain: https://www.fountain.fm/

→ More Episodes: https://www.stacksats.how/podcast

→ Lightning Address: ⚡kerooke@fountain.fm

→ Nostr NIP-05: kr@stacker.news

Links

→ Stack Sats: https://www.stacksats.how/

→ Twitter: https://twitter.com/kerooke

→ Books: https://www.kevinrooke.com/book-recommendations

→ Bitcoin News: https://stacker.news/r/kr

Timestamps

00:00 - Intro

02:18 - Alex Leishman Intro