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Show Notes
Music Credits
Protofunk by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4247-protofunk
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
Ethernight Club by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/7612-ethernight-club
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
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-bet
Use cases around the world:
- You can buy coffee directly from El Salvador! https://thegoodbeans.com
- Bitcoin ATMs in El Salvador support Lightning! https://decrypt.co/204933/lightning-network-hits-bitcoin-atms-in-el-salvador
- You 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 AI
- Frankie GPT
- Unleashed https://unleashed.chat/app/chat
- Pay for a domain
- Earn sats by listening to Podcasts on Fountain, v4v
- Read and boost news at Stacker news
- DCA with Strike
- Install android apps with zapstore and upport the developers
- Shopping https://getalby.com/discover#shopping
- Paying with Lightning in real life https://darth-coin.github.io/merchants/bitcoin-lightning-payments-irl-en.html
- Pay for VPN with Lightning https://getalby.com/discover#privacy
- LNVPN https://lnvpn.net
- Top up Mullvad https://vpn.sovereign.engineering
- Buy eSIM https://silent.link
Bitcoin Price at Time of Recording
February 5th, 2025: 97,500 USD | 93,600 EUR
Block Height at Time of Recording
882,448
News and Notes
Tether on Lightning
Trump Signs Executive Order for Soverign Wealth Fund
Discover apps:
https://getalby.com/discover
Discover local producers and services
https://btcmap.org
Technology details:
https://lightning-network.tech
Software Updates
SeedSigner v0.8.5
Sparrow Wallet v2.1.1
ZEUS v0.9.5
Damus Notedeck v0.3.0 (Alpha 2)
Rust-nostr v0.39.0
Episode Page
https://satoshis-plebs.com/episode-196
Music Credits
Protofunk by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4247-protofunk
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
Ethernight Club by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/7612-ethernight-club
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
Website
https://satoshis-plebs.com
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We are looking forward to hearing from you!