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Olaoluwa Osuntokun
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Olaoluwa Osuntokun
@roasbeef
Half-man, half-beef. UCSB Computer Science MS+BS. CTO at @lightning labs. Bitcoin · Applied Cryptography · Distributed Systems · #golang · DC42612E89237182
The biggest block *ever* on Bitcoin was mined today: smartbit.com.au/block/00000000… Size: 2.1MB Weight: 3993048 🚀- I'm soo excited to finally publicly publish a set of draft BIPs for Taro, a Taproot Asset Representation Overlay: lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/bitc… Taro uses the Taproot script tree to commit to extra structure metadata which enables the representation and transfer of assets on Bitcoin
- Replying to @stonecoldpat0 @ProfFaustus and 2 othersi miss the REAL Satoshi the str8 cypherpunk Satoshi the designer of Script Satoshi the pro open source Satoshi i hate the fake satoshi 👿 the bad mood Faketoshi the always rude Faketoshi spaz in the news Faketoshi! i miss the chill Satoshi chop up some code Satoshi
- the moment we've all been waiting for...USDT is coming back to Bitcoin via Taproot Assets!!! 🎉⛓️🌎💸 w/ stablecoins on the Lightning Network, the network evolves into an instant + low fee currency agnostic payments network, all backed by the Bitcoin Backbone of the networkToday we're announcing that Tether is coming to bitcoin and Lightning! 💸⚡ With the security and decentralization of bitcoin and the speed and scalability of Lightning, USDT will bring hundreds of millions of users and trillions in volume. It all comes back to bitcoin.
- AMP: Atomic Multi-Path Payments over Lightning lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/ligh… A common Lightning question is: “I have five $2 channels, can I *atomically* send a single $6 payment?”. For those that didn't know, the answer is YES! We (@bitconner and I) describe the *how*. ⚡️
- lnd v0.4.1-beta has just been released! ⚡️github.com/lightningnetwo… ⚡️ this release includes a number of bug fixes, cross-impl compatibility improvements, p2p networking hardening, and a new macaroon! keybase.pub/roasbeef/lnd-v…
- IN 2023, THE BOTS PAY YOU! ⚡️🤖 today we're releasing a new L402 specification, along side @langchain powered tools that enable AI Agents to traverse L402 APIs (HTTP 402 pay-per call APIs over Lightning), and also directly hold+manage Bitcoin via @OpenAI function callsAnnouncing a new set of tools to build Lightning⚡and #bitcoin-powered AI products for a global audience. Using L402, a standard for API authentication with LN payments, and @langchain, a simplified AI app framework, we are opening up #AI4All! 🤖🌎 lightning.engineering/posts/2023-07-…
- I'm excited announce the first mainnet *multi-hop asset* payment w/ Taproot Asset channels! 🥕⚡️ in this demo, we have a topology of: Zane -(beefbux)> Yara -(BTC)> Carol -(beefbux)> Dave Dave makes an invoice to recv beefbux (denominated in BTC!) w/ Yara using her beebux to
00:00This post is unavailable. - lnd v0.4.2-beta has just been released! ⚡️github.com/lightningnetwo…⚡️ this release improves the stability+reliability of lnd, fixes a number state machine, on-chain contract handling, and htlcswitch bugs, we recommend all users update! keybase.pub/roasbeef/lnd-v…
- Announcing Our Lightning Desktop App, Now Available for Testing: blog.lightning.engineering/announcement/2…
- ⚡️LIGHTNING LABS IS HIRING ⚡️ We’re looking to expand our engineering team across several positions including app dev, dev ops, and systems engineering. If you’re interested in helping us build the next generation of financial infrastructure, check out: lightning.engineering/careers.html
- IMMA LET Y'ALL FINISH, BUT THE LIGHTNING NETWORK IS *THE* ONLY DECENTRALIZED L2 IN PRODUCTION 🏆 NOT JUST ON BITCOIN, IN EXISTENCE 🌐 YO MULTI-SIG AIN'T AN L2 🚫 YO CENTRALIZED SEQUENCER AIN'T AN L2 🚫 IF IT AIN'T OPEN ACCESS W/ TRUSTLESS UNILATERAL EXIT IT AIN'T AN L2 🙅🏾♂️
