Episode notes
This is the sixteenth episode of the Lightning Junkies podcast. In this episode we have Will O'Beirne best known for his Joule Lightning Wallet browser extension. Joule is a browser extension that allows you to access a remote LND node and do things such as create or pay invoices. Will has also created other apps and has created a tutorial to create your own Lightning web app.
On this episode, we talk about:
- Starting in Ethereum
- Why Bitcoin?
- Ethereum Waste of Time?
- Early Bitcoin Projects
- First Project on Lightning
- Joule Chrome Extension
- Joule Dev Taking Back Seat
- Favorite Lightning Apps
- Challenges Devloping with Lightning
- TipHub
- Polar
- LN Web App Tutorial
- Typescript vs Python
- Difficulty of Tutorial
- Getting more Devs on LN
- Onboarding Ethereum Devs?
- Future of Lightning
- Gaming on Lightning
- Ideal Lightning Apps
- Privacy on Lightning Network
- Building for Downtrodden Users
- Addressing Use-cases in the Real World
- Reoccurring Payments over Lightning
- Roadblocks on Lightning
Will's Twitter: https://twitter.com/wbobeirne
Joule's Twitter: https://twitter.com/LightningJoule
Will's Github: https://github.com/wbobeirne
Will's Website: http://wbobeirne.com/
Polar's Github: https://github.com/jamaljsr/polar
Part 1 of Lightning Web App Series: https://medium.com/@wbobeirne/making-a-lightning-web-app-part-1-4a13c82f3f78
Part 2 of Lightning Web App Series: https://medium.com/@wbobeirne/making-a-lightning-web-app-part-2-414f5d23c2d7
Part 3 of Lightning Web App Series: https://medium.com/@wbobeirne/making-a-lightning-web-app-part-3-58d8c7351175
Part 4 of Lightning Web App Series: https://medium.com/@wbobeirne/making-a-lightning-web-app-part-4-c0997f4353b8
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