#426: Bringing Lightning To Utilities with Synota
TFTC: A Bitcoin Podcast · Marty Bent
June 6, 20231h 19m
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Show Notes
<p>Marty sits down with Austin Mitchell, Lisa Scott, and Alan Schroeder from Synota to discuss bringing energy providers over to Bitcoin and LN. Synota on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Synota_</p>
<p>6:35 - Meet Synota<br />
14:05 - Payment settlement struggles for utilites<br />
16:56 - How Synota integrates<br />
23:47 - Financing possibilities<br />
26:20 - Utilities grokking bitcoin<br />
34:07 - Effects of decentralizing the grid<br />
45:22 - The team’s orange pilling<br />
49:41 - Mining industry is maturing<br />
55:56 - Efficiency impact of instant payments<br />
1:01:11 - Mining permanent funds<br />
1:05:03 - Issues building on lightning<br />
1:10:57 - Wrapping up</p>
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