Connect The World

Connect The World EP017 | Severin Bühler | LnRouter.app | Switzerland "Edward and Stef talk with Sevi, founder of LnRouter.app! This is a great web tool that helps node operators make informed decisions! A real must-see! LnRouter.app provides tools and custom metrics, for example: the Terminal Debugger, Node Routing Score, Channel Recommender (my personal favorite!), Liquidity Adjusted Hops and a...

Connect The World EP016 | Hakuna | Noderunner | Germany "Edward and Stef talk with Hakuna, an IT specialist and node operator from Germany who is running a very successful routing node! Hakuna tells us about the journey he made with his lightning node HODLmeTight. For example, switching from his Raspberry to a NUC, which more than doubled routing and changed the HTLC response time from 1.9 seconds...

Connect The World EP015 | Jack Everitt | THNDR GAMES | United Kingdom "Edward and Stef talk with Jack Everitt of THNDR GAMES about earning sats while playing games! The mission of THNDR GAMES is to accelerate mainstream adoption of Bitcoin and orange pilling one mobile gamer at a time.   In addition to Jack's passion for games and love for bitcoin, he also believes in self-sovereign app devel...

Connect The World EP014 | Gijs Van Dam | Lightning Scientist | Malaysia "Edward and Stef talk with Lightning Scientist Gijs van Dam who wrote two papers about the Lightning Network. During his research on the balance disclosure attack, he found a way to remotely close down channels between other nodes. A large amount of channels, representing 17% of the entire capacity of the Lightning Network was...

Connect The World EP013 | Madelyn Ash | Bitcoin Lightning Enthusiast | Alabama USA “Edward and Stef talk with Madelyn Ash about the role of Lightning communities such as Plebnet and Connect The World. They discuss increasing adoption by average users around the world! These social networks enable connecting some of the brightest minds to pass around ideas and develop new tools! Madelyn also elabor...

Connect The World EP012 | Hermann Vivier | Bitcoin Ekasi | South Africa "Edward and Stef talk with Hermann Vivier about the Bitcoin Ekasi project in South Africa and The Surfer Kids Program which empowers the poorest and most impoverished community imaginable! Bitcoin Ekasi is an initiative inspired by Bitcoin Beach. The ultimate goal is to create a circular Bitcoin economy in Mossel Bay. The coac...

Connect The World EP011 | Smallworlnd | lnnodeinsight.com | USA "Edward and Stef talk with Smallworlnd about his project and website lnnodeinsight.com. It's an easy-to-use interface for anyone to explore and understand all the Lightning Network features. On the website Node operators can check a lot of metrics about their node. For example the channel simulators which allows you to see how a poten...

Connect The World EP010 | Tom Chojnacki | Satsback.com | Poland "Edward and Stef talk with Tom Chojnacki of Satsback.com, for cashback and loyalty rewards in Bitcoin! They work with online stores and make it possible for you to save in Bitcoin whenever you shop online! Satsback.com is still a startup, but they plan to grow in the near future expanding to more markets to help people around the worl...

Ring of Fire  #SRROF_5Msats_5thRING was an experiment where everybody was a Ringleader and took over 3,5 months to finish! A Ring where Future ringleaders are born! It's about finding self-sovereignty over your own node! Let's listen to a conversation Edward had with Soul about this experimental Ring of Fire! 🌍 Connect The World An English podcast where we guide you in the magic world of the...

Connect The World EP009 | Philip Sheppard | Seba Bank AG | Swissnode | United Kingdom "Edward and Stef talk with Philip Sheppard about the rise of his Lightning Liquidity & Pool Telegram group! They also talk about the main goal of his Telegram group to build balanced channels with different node owners to get inbound liquidity! And they cover the future of Bitcoin and Lightning and running hi...

Connect The World EP008 | Alex Bosworth | Y’alls | Lightning Labs | USA "Edward and Stef talk with Alex Bosworth, head of Lightning Liquidity at Lightning Labs. Lightning Labs develops software that powers the Lightning Network. They bridge the world of open source software and the next-generation of bitcoin financial software. They talk about the technical and experimental side of the Lightning N...

Connect The World EP007 | Patrick van der Meijde | BitKassa | Arnhem Bitcoincity | The Netherlands "Edward and Stef talk with Patrick van der Meijde of BitKassa, a payment service provider for merchants accepting Lightning and Bitcoin! He also is one of the founders of Arnhem Bitcoincity. This is the “el Zonte” of The Netherlands. A city where Bitcoin and Lightning are widely accepted! Patrick is...

Connect the World EP006 | Lord Fusitu'a | Policymaker | The Kingdom of Tonga "Edward and Stef talk with Lord Fusitu’a. He is a former Member of Parliament of the Kingdom of Tonga! Tonga is an archipelago consisting of 169 islands in Polynesia and are adopting Bitcoin as legal tender! This will make it possible to have savings for the first time for a lot of inhabitants. Lord Fusitu'a talks about h...

Connect The World EP005 | Wouter Constant | Bitcoin Philosopher | The Netherlands "Edward and Stef talk with Bitcoin philosopher Constant about his vision about the future of the Lightning Network! In this conversation, they look for similar ecosystems that the Lightning Network has similarities with. It’s interesting to know what it was that we are searching for and what it can do for us in the n...

Connect The World EP004 | Czino | Rings of Fire | Permaculture | Germany "Edward and Stef talk with Czino, one of the technical founding fathers of the Rings of Fire concept! Czino and SoulExporter not only founded Rings of Fire but they also set up a community that really skyrocketed! With this community they onboarded hundreds of members and put an enormous amount of liquidity into the Lightning...

Connect The World EP003 | Stijn | Rings of Fire | Ringtools | The Netherlands "Edward and Stef talk with Stijn, a skilled programmer based in The Netherlands! In July 2021 we created the biggest Ring of Fire to date, with 65 participating nodes and 65.000.000 sats liquidity. The project is driven by our community. Developers, designers, video editors, and team leaders all joined to make this Ring...

Connect The World EP002 | Soul Exporter | Ring of Fire | Meshtadel | Belgium "Edward and Stef talk with SoulExporter, one of the founding fathers of the Rings of Fire concept! Rings of Fire originated on 18th of Januari 2021 from the desire to reduce single points of failure when everyone is connecting to the biggest nodes. And also to reduce trust when setting up a balanced channels. Soul also co...

Connect The World EP001 | Marnix Kloek | Lightning.watch | Cheeserobot | The Netherlands "Edward and Stef talk with Kloek, the man behind the Cheeserobot Telegram bot and the routing node Lightning. Watch! Kloek explains about the start of the Cheeserobot which is used today by a lot of communities from a huge diversity of countries. He also reveals more about his plans with Cheeserobot 2.0, with...

Connect The World EP000 | Our mission Connect The World: An English podcast where we guide you in the magic world of the Bitcoin Lightning Network 💰 Donation options: CTWBOT: https://t.me/ctwdonationbot SRROFBOT: https://t.me/srrofbot LN address: Joni_Kyasshu@LNTXBOT.com LN address: ⚡Joni_Kyasshu@LN.tips LNURL: LNURL1DP68GURN8GHJ7MRWW3UXYMM59E3K7MF0D3H82UNV9ACXZ7FLW4EK2UNFVS7NGV3NXYCRY8GST2Q Tim...