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#426: Bringing Lightning To Utilities with Synota

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Marty sits down with Austin Mitchell, Lisa Scott, and Alan Schroeder from Synota to discuss bringing energy providers over to Bitcoin and LN. Synota on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Synota_


6:35 - Meet Synota

14:05 - Payment settlement struggles for utilites

16:56 - How Synota integrates

23:47 - Financing possibilities

26:20 - Utilities grokking bitcoin

34:07 - Effects of decentralizing the grid

45:22 - The team’s orange pilling

49:41 - Mining industry is maturing

55:56 - Efficiency impact of instant payments

1:01:11 - Mining permanent funds

1:05:03 - Issues building on lightning

1:10:57 - Wrapping up


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