The Legends of the Light Internments Hackathon

Johns Beharry is a Bitcoin designer building a platform for Lightning builders called Bolt.Fun.

In our conversation, we explored the importance of design in Bitcoin, the state of the Bitcoin builder ecosystem, and the Legends of Lightning tournament being hosted by Bolt.Fun to get more builders working on Lightning to accelerate global Bitcoin adoption.

→ Bolt.Fun: https://makers.bolt.fun

→ Legends of Lightning: https://makers.bolt.fun/tournaments/1/overview

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Links

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→ Blog: https://www.kevinrooke.com/blog

Timestamps

00:00 - Intro

02:14 - Johns Beharry Intro

11:58 - The Importance of Design in Bitcoin

15:18 - The Bitcoin Design Guide

30:42 - Design Priorities in the Bitcoin Ecosystem

34:41 - What is Bolt.Fun?

47:17 - Builders in the Legends of Lightning Tournament

52:29 - The Health of the Bitcoin Builder Community

1:03:49 - Bitcoin Open Source Grants

1:16:44 - The Lightning Round