SLP375 Laolu (Roasbeef) - What is Taro? Stablecoins on Lightning, LN Growth & CTV

<p>Laolu Osuntokun (Roasbeef), CTO of Lightning Labs rejoins me on the show to talk about Taro. Taro is a new protocol and proposal by the Lightning Labs team for creation of stablecoins or other assets that can be built into the existing Bitcoin/Lightning network. We chat about how it works and what it could mean for Bitcoin.</p> <ul> <li>How Taro works</li> <li>Prior efforts e.g. coloured coins, Counterparty, RGB</li> <li>Benefits of Taro approach</li> <li>What it would look like in practice</li> <li>Lightning Network development generally</li> <li>CTV and ST discussion</li> </ul> <p><strong>Links:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/roasbeef" rel="noreferrer nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@roasbeef&nbsp;</a></li> <li>Lightning Labs Taro Blog Post : <a href="https://lightning.engineering/posts/2022-4-5-taro-launch/" rel="noreferrer nofollow noopener" target="_blank">A New Protocol for Multi-Asset Bitcoin and Lightning</a></li> <li>Lightning Labs Engineering documentation: <a href="https://docs.lightning.engineering/the-lightning-network/taro" rel="noreferrer nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Taro is a new Taproot-powered protocol for issuing assets on the bitcoin blockchain</a>.</li> </ul> <p><strong>Previous Episode:</strong></p> <ul> <li><a href="https://stephanlivera.com/episode/289/" rel="noreferrer nofollow noopener" target="_blank">SLP289 Roasbeef Bitcoin &amp; Lightning For a Billion Users</a></li> <li><a href="https://stephanlivera.com/episode/207/" rel="noreferrer nofollow noopener" target="_blank">SLP207 Roasbeef – Lightning Labs lnd Goes Wumbo</a></li> <li><a href="https://stephanlivera.com/episode/39/" rel="noreferrer nofollow noopener" target="_blank">SLP39 Olaoluwa Osuntokun</a><a href="https://stephanlivera.com/episode/39/" rel="noreferrer nofollow noopener" target="_blank"> </a><a href="https://stephanlivera.com/episode/39/" rel="noreferrer nofollow noopener" target="_blank">(Roasbeef),</a><a href="https://stephanlivera.com/episode/39/" rel="nor