#426: Bringing Lightning To Utilities with Synota

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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