UTXO is the founder of Nodeless, a product that helps merchants, fundraisers, and other creators accept Bitcoin & Lightning payments without running a node.

In our conversation, we explored how UTXO’s past work on BTCPayServer led him to build Nodeless, the benefits and trade-offs of using Nodeless, along with a discussion about other emerging Lightning and Nostr use cases.

→ Nodeless: https://nodeless.io/

Sponsors

→ Voltage: https://stacksats.how/voltage

→ Stakwork: https://stacksats.how/stakwork

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Links

→ Stack Sats: https://www.stacksats.how/

→ Twitter: https://twitter.com/kerooke

→ Books: https://www.kevinrooke.com/book-recommendations

→ Bitcoin News: https://stacker.news/r/kr

Timestamps

00:00 - Intro

01:45 - UTXO Intro

03:33 - UTXO’s Work at BTCPayServer

09:26 - What Kinds of People Will Run Nodes?

16:00 - What Is Nodeless?

25:00 - KYC and Regulations on Lightning

33:50 - The Nodeless LN/Email/NIP-05 Address

43:32 - What Can Be Built with the Nodeless API?

55:35 - P2P Markets on Nostr

59:06 - The Nodeless Business Model

1:08:44 - The Lightning Round