J. Ayo Akinyele Talks Lightning Network & Building Bolt

In this week's episode, we invite https://twitter.com/ja_akinyele (J. Ayo Akinyele) to the podcast. Ayo is a co-Founder of https://github.com/boltlabs-inc (Bolt Labs) which will be focused on developing the https://github.com/boltlabs-inc (Bolt Protocol), a privacy preserving layer 2 approach for anonymous micropayments, which is similar to Lightning Network. Bolt, which stands for Blind, Offchain, Lightweight, Transactions, could be used for both scaling zcash or providing a scalable privacy solution for other chains. Here are some additional resources: Original Bolt Paper by Matthew Green and Ian Meiers: https://eprint.iacr.org/2016/701.pdf (https://eprint.iacr.org/2016/701.pdf) Bolt description the Electric Coin Company's blog: https://z.cash/blog/bolt-private-payment-channels/ (https://z.cash/blog/bolt-private-payment-channels/) Ayo was on the podcast before in our Zcon0 episode: https://www.zeroknowledge.fm/32 (https://www.zeroknowledge.fm/32) (he features around the 17 minute mark) Here is some additional information about the https://cointelegraph.com/explained/lightning-network-explained (Lightning Network) and the projects https://store.casa/lightning-node/ (Casa Nodes) and https://www.bitrefill.com/ (Bitrefill ) which are mentioned in the episode. Special thanks to this week's sponsor: https://www.trailofbits.com/ (Trail of Bits ) Trail of Bits is offering a service for young technology companies who could use expert security support, but aren't quite at a stage to hire their own team. The service includes staffing a #security channel to answer questions, review high risk PRs, and integrate the latest in continuous testing into your build pipeline. Visit http://www.trailofbits.com (www.trailofbits.com) for help securing your product. If you like what we do: Follow us on Twitter - https://twitter.com/zeroknowledgefm (@zeroknowledgefm) Join us on Telegram - https://t.me/joinchat/B_81tQ57-ThZg8yOSx5gjA (https://t.me/joinchat/B_81tQ57-ThZg8yOSx5gjA) Support our Gitcoin Grant - https://gitcoin.co/grants/38/zero-knowledge-podcast (https://gitcoin.co/grants/38/zero-knowledge-podcast) Support us on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/zeroknowledge (https://www.patreon.com/zeroknowledge) Or directly here: ETH: 0xC0FFEE1B5083230a5154F55f253B6b6ae8F29B1a BTC: 1cafekGa3podM4fBxPSQc6RCEXQNTK8Zz ZEC: t1R2bujRF3Hzte9ALHpMJvY8t5kb9ut9SpQ