Olaoluwa Osuntokun

Olaoluwa Osuntokun

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Half-man, half-beef. UCSB Computer Science MS+BS. CTO at @lightning labs. Bitcoin · Applied Cryptography · Distributed Systems · #golang

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Lightning makes BTC transactions near-instantaneous. By working with @SD_Markets and @voltage_cloud on this proof of concept, Kraken has shown how Lightning enables BTC treasury operations & institutional-sized settlements 🤝 twitter.com/krakenfx/status/20...

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Really enjoying running @PPQdotAI's node with @lightning's Terminal. It's been a fun (albeit slightly obsessive) pet project and I've learned a lot about how lightning works. In < 1 year, my little ol' node has routed 22k payments (~40 bitty coins). amboss.space/node/03dd1b795652...…

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indeed good thing we have a way to allow nodes to delete block data (keeping the block headers which commit to the txn merkle root), yet still allow those nodes to help others sync w/o centralized coordination:

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pruned a great, they enable node operators to delete old blocks after D/L, saving hundreds of GBs of disk space if they need deleted txns, they can verify the authenticity via block header merkle inclusion proofs however as they delete block data, they can't serve them to new

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Presidio Bitcoin's first-ever hackathon is officially in the books! We had Hackers fly in from as far as South Korea and Amsterdam to build on bitcoin for 24 hours straight. With the help of our incredible tech partners, they were able to build some pretty impressive projects.

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Top 5 of the @PresidioBitcoin AI Hackathon is starting now! Viewers can vote on the crowd favorite via LN ⚡

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Presidio Bitcoin Hackathon Finalist Presentations https://x.com/i/broadcasts/1BdxYqWpdgXxX…

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I made a credit card tx earlier today where the merchant notified me they were charging 4% for network fees. My @SteaknShake payment over bitcoin’s Lightning Network had a 0.15% fee ($0.02), a 97% decrease. Merchants: 🧠 be smart ⚡️ switch to LN 💸 save $ 🌎 change the game twitter.com/RyanTheGentry/stat...

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Today at @SteaknShake, we've seen a glimpse of the future ⚡️💸🌐! Major shouts out to @speed_LN and ofc the hard work of the team at Lightning Labs 🫡 The Taproot Assets Protocol is the standard that enables stablecoin issuance on Bitcoin, and USDT to be sent+received over the twitter.com/roasbeef/status/19...

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