
Beating the Bitcoin Blockchain Trilemma with Layer-2s - Blockstream Talk #38 with Byron Hambly
About this episode
Follow Byron
Follow Jesse
Follow Liquid
Follow Elements
🌊 Get a Liquid wallet
🤝 Join the Liquid Community
☎️ Join the Liquid Dev Telegram
🔍 Explore the Liquid Network
👨🏫 Complete Elements Academy
02:53 Bitcoin circular economies in Africa
06:19 Fairer Bitcoin for the global south
07:36 Trade-offs between Lightning, Liquid and Fedimint
09:27 The blockchain trilemma
10:25 Interoperability between Lightning and Liquid
12:54 Understanding the Liquid Federation
16:43 Covenants on the Liquid Network
20:19 Confidential Transactions on the Liquid Network
21:45 Blockstream Asset Management Platform (AMP)
📱 Download the Blockstream App
🔑 Buy a Jade hardware wallet
🧑💻 Follow Blockstream
🧠 Follow Blockstream Research
🌊 Explore the Liquid Network
⚡️ Build on Core Lightning
Get every episode summarized
Each time Blockstream Talk publishes, we email you a written briefing from the transcript — the topics, who appeared, and any specific claims, with the ad reads skipped.
Email me new episodesFree for 3 shows. No card needed.
Hosts & guests
No transcript yet
This episode has not been transcribed. Request it and it moves to the front of the queue.
More episodes
More from Blockstream Talk

Treasury Companies, ETFs, and Bitcoin to $200K with Matt Hougan – Bitcoin Capita...
Blockstream Talk

Bitcoin ETF's, Treasuries and Institutional Momentum with James Seyffart - Bitco...
Blockstream Talk

Wall Street’s Bitcoin Awakening with Anthony Scaramucci - Bitcoin Capital #17
Blockstream Talk

From Gold to Bitcoin with VanEck’s Matthew Sigel – Bitcoin Capital #16
Blockstream Talk