Blockstream Talk

Federated Security Models and E-Cash Built on Bitcoin With Eric Sirion

Episode Summary

Welcome to Blockstream Talk, today's conversation is with Eric Sirion, Blockstream Research Engineer. We look into the federation security model, Chaumian ecash, using Lightning on the Liquid Network and more! If you find this conversation useful share it with your network.

Episode Notes

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00:20 Personal privacy

00:58 Eric’s background

01:53 Freedom = privacy

03:41 Why work on Bitcoin?

05:07 Chaumian mints, ecash, Federations

08:43 Federated ecash

11:25 Federations in the future

12:57 Integrating Lightning into federations

16:20 Tokens

17:22 Lightning custodial usage

18:17 Minimint_btc

21:11 Bitcoin usage in El Salvador

23:16 Choosing a federated ecash

26:44 Exciting things moving forward