Jeff Gallas & Rootz: RaspiBlitz and the Speed of Lightning
Ep. 130

Jeff Gallas & Rootz: RaspiBlitz and the Speed of Lightning

Episode description

My guests are Jeff Gallas and Rootz of Fulmo, an open source company dedicated to the research and development of the Lightning Network. They are the organizers of the Lightning Hackdays and the first Lightning Conference that took place in Berlin in 2019 and are supporters of the RaspiBlitz project, a Lightning and Bitcoin full node.

“If you run a Lightning node you’re a part of replacing the VISA and Mastercard networks.” – Rootz

Topics:
03:17 Introduction Fulmo
11:30 Development of the Lightning Network and the RaspiBlitz
15:00 Adoption rate of the Lightning Network
22:18 Accessibility improvements
27:20 How many payments will be possible on the Lightning Network
33:38 Most exciting Lightning projects
39:39 Why it’s important to run your own node
RaspiBlitz integrations, LND and c-lightning
52:10 Resources and RaspiBlitz communities