"devising a scheme that handles both messaging and payments under one roof could be a killer app" - Colin Harper As part of Bitcoin Magazine's excellent set of articles on "The Technology of Dissent," we get a great piece by Colin Harper on the state of encrypted messaging over the Lightning Network. With both Shpinx and Whatsat using separate mechanisms for establishing a private, censorship resistant, decentralized messaging platform, could the combination of encrypted messaging and payments be a killer app for Lightning? Listen to today's episode to find out! The original article here! https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/how-the-lighting-network-could-improve-encrypted-messaging The other great recent selection from Bitcoin Magazine: https://bitcoinmagazine.com/issue/bitcoin-through-dissident-technology The Guy's Take where I dive into the encrypted messaging App I want to use: https://anchor.fm/thecryptoconomy/episodes/GuysTake_002---The-Lightning-App-I-Want-to-Use-e2ndp6 Don't forget to subscribe and share the show out with all of your friends in Bitcoin! https://anchor.fm/thecryptoconomy/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bitcoinaudible/message

"A volatile currency for volatile times" - Timour Azhari When the banks become the volatile alternative, when your rights and control over what's in "your" bank account are a fleeting daydream, when the banks abuse your trust, take your money, and then try to sell it back to you; a volatile, independent, decentralized digital money, becomes that very thing that "puts your mind at ease." Everything is relative, and the world is an increasingly volatile place.  Don't miss this one! Link to the original article by Timour, plus don't forget to check out the author on Twitter for more great stuff like this one! https://www.aljazeera.com/ajimpact/distrust-lebanese-banks-spurs-bitcoin-boom-200224202742678.html And don't forget to get one of the best journeys through understanding and exploring the Bitcoin life form, in Knut Svanholm's "Sovereignty Through Mathematics."  It starts on Read_308 and continues in 5 parts, thanks to Knut for making it free to everyone who listens to this show! https://anchor.fm/thecryptoconomy/episodes/CryptoQuikRead_308---Sovereignty-Through-Mathematics---Part-1-Knut-Svanholm-e7tak7 And you can also support the show by purchasing it on Audible.com in the full unabridged, uninterrupted audiobook! https://www.audible.com/pd/Bitcoin-Audiobook/B083SMKYVC?qid=1583178204&sr=1-1&ref=a_search_c3_lProduct_1_1&pf_rd_p=e81b7c27-6880-467a-b5a7-13cef5d729fe&pf_rd_r=T0P5FPPGE8JX6NMPH5YX --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bitcoinaudible/message