CV156: Henrik Skogstrøm - Torq

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

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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
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