CV156: Henrik Skogstrøm - Torq

Donations to Porkopolis Economics via BTCPay appreciated: https://donations.porkopolis.io/ This is the one hundred fifty-sixth podcast episode from Crypto Voices. Show support appreciated: donations.cryptovoices.com Matthew and Michel interview Henrik Skogstrøm, founder and CEO of Torq (formerly known as LN Capital). The Torq platform is enterprise software for managing capital, channels, and routing nodes in a secure, automated, and trigger-driven way. Contents 00:00:00 Intro 00:01:08 Background on LN Capital (and Torq) 00:02:35 Open or closed? 00:03:12 Target market 00:05:14 State of Lightning Network 00:07:08 Which implementations? 00:07:56 Async? 00:08:24 Active customers? 00:09:00 Main features 00:10:23 Dashboard demo 00:18:10 LSP definition 00:18:50 LN econ vs. On-chain 00:21:05 Scaling Bitcoin w/ LN 00:24:20 Escaping to LN? 00:30:44 Routing node profit motive 00:32:08 LN landscape vs. On-chain 00:35:18 LN capacity 00:39:46 Data collection? 00:40:17 Scaling Lightning 00:43:56 Torq mid-term goals 00:45:50 LN econ vs. On-chain (again) 00:47:37 LN fees vs. On-chain 00:52:48 Closing links Links for more info: https://twitter.com/ohskogstrom https://twitter.com/TorqLN https://ln.capital/ https://twitter.com/ScalingLN https://scalinglightning.com/ Show Sponsor: hodlhodl.com/join/cryptovoices Hosts: Matthew Mezinskis, Michel, Alec Harris Music: New Friend Music newfriendmusic.com/ Podcast & videos Bitcoin, privacy, cryptoeconomics & liberty Thanks for watching! https://porkopolis.io https://twitter.com/1basemoney Show content is not investment or financial advice in any way.