Episode 196 - Lightning at Your Fingertips!

Music CreditsProtofunk by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4247-protofunkLicense: https://filmmusic.io/standard-licenseEthernight Club by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://filmmusic.io/song/7612-ethernight-clubLicense: https://filmmusic.io/standard-licenseLightning at your finger tips!It is pretty clear at this point that lightning will be a major part of the Bitcoin financial system. How can you use it? What is it useful for? And where can it be used right now? We talk about all this and a number of other items on this epiosode!Cool use cases for lightning and how we use it…El Salvador adoption https://bitcoinmagazine.com/technical/lightning-ballooned-since-el-salvador-bitcoin-betUse cases around the world:You can buy coffee directly from El Salvador! https://thegoodbeans.comBitcoin ATMs in El Salvador support Lightning! https://decrypt.co/204933/lightning-network-hits-bitcoin-atms-in-el-salvadorYou can trade with Lightning, a non-kyc bitcoin futures trading platform! https://lnmarkets.com/Buy Bitcoin related books from Saifedean Ammous book shop! https://thesaifhouse.com/Chat with AIFrankie GPTUnleashed https://unleashed.chat/app/chatPay for a domainEarn sats by listening to Podcasts on Fountain, v4vRead and boost news at Stacker newsDCA with StrikeInstall android apps with zapstore and upport the developersShopping https://getalby.com/discover#shoppingPaying with Lightning in real life https://darth-coin.github.io/merchants/bitcoin-lightning-payments-irl-en.htmlPay for VPN with Lightning https://getalby.com/discover#privacyLNVPN https://lnvpn.netTop up Mullvad https://vpn.sovereign.engineeringBuy eSIM https://silent.linkBitcoin  Price at Time of RecordingFebruary 5th, 2025: 97,500 USD | 93,600 EURBlock Height at Time of Recording882,448News and NotesTether on LightningTrump Signs Executive Order for Soverign Wealth FundDiscover apps:https://getalby.com/discoverDiscover local producers and serviceshttps://btcmap.orgTechnology details:https://lightning-network.techSoftware UpdatesSeedSigner v0.8.5Sparrow Wallet v2.1.1ZEUS v0.9.5Damus Notedeck v0.3.0 (Alpha 2)Rust-nostr v0.39.0Episode Pagehttps://satoshis-plebs.com/episode-196Music CreditsProtofunk by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4247-protofunkLicense: https://filmmusic.io/standard-licenseEthernight Club by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://filmmusic.io/song/7612-ethernight-clubLicense: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Websitehttps://satoshis-plebs.comPodcasting 2.0 Apps available at http://podcastapps.com and Value4Value information page available here: https://value4value.infoMcIntosh can be reached by email at [email protected] and on Twitter at @McIntoshFinTech. His mastodon handle is @[email protected] and his Nostr.  Kenshin can be reached on Twitter at @kenshin_ninja or on Nostr. Kenshin’s email is [email protected]. You can also follow the Satoshi’s Plebs podcast account on Nostr. We are looking forward to hearing from you!We are looking forward to hearing from you!