Crypto Voices

CV156: Henrik Skogstrøm - Torq

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2023-08-22

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This is the one hundred fifty-sixth podcast episode from Crypto Voices.




Show support appreciated: donations.cryptovoices.com




Matthew and Michel interview Henrik Skogstrøm, founder and CEO of Torq (formerly known as LN Capital). The Torq platform is enterprise software for managing capital, channels, and routing nodes in a secure, automated, and trigger-driven way.




Contents


00:00:00 Intro


00:01:08 Background on LN Capital (and Torq)


00:02:35 Open or closed?


00:03:12 Target market


00:05:14 State of Lightning Network


00:07:08 Which implementations?


00:07:56 Async?


00:08:24 Active customers?


00:09:00 Main features


00:10:23 Dashboard demo


00:18:10 LSP definition


00:18:50 LN econ vs. On-chain


00:21:05 Scaling Bitcoin w/ LN


00:24:20 Escaping to LN?


00:30:44 Routing node profit motive


00:32:08 LN landscape vs. On-chain


00:35:18 LN capacity


00:39:46 Data collection?


00:40:17 Scaling Lightning


00:43:56 Torq mid-term goals


00:45:50 LN econ vs. On-chain (again)


00:47:37 LN fees vs. On-chain


00:52:48 Closing links




Links for more info:


https://twitter.com/ohskogstrom


https://twitter.com/TorqLN


https://ln.capital/


https://twitter.com/ScalingLN


https://scalinglightning.com/




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Hosts: Matthew Mezinskis, Michel, Alec Harris


Music: New Friend Music newfriendmusic.com/




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