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EPISODE: 112
BLOCK: 809610
PRICE: 3813 sats per dollar
TOPICS: using HSMs to reduce lightning hot wallet risk

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(00:00:30 ) Introduction to Citadel Dispatch and the topic of improving the security of Lightning Nodes

(00:01:25 ) Background of Ken and his experience in Bitcoin and custody

(00:09:52 ) Discussion on the hot wallet risk issue in Lightning Nodes and the need for additional signing mechanisms

(00:14:36 ) Explanation of HSMDs (Hardware Security Module Daemons) and their role in securing hot wallets

(00:20:08 ) Discussion on the vulnerabilities in Lightning Nodes and the need for improved security

(00:28:07 ) Exploration of different use cases for VLS, including enterprise, consumer, and small retailer applications

(00:39:46 ) Importance of open source and decentralization in the development of VLS

(00:42:46 ) Status update on the progress of VLS and its collaboration with other projects

(00:46:09 ) LND's signing abstraction and adaptation challenges

(00:46:37 ) Effort to connect LND to VLS

(00:47:06 ) Node integration and additional information

(00:47:50 ) Adding hints to wallet addresses

(00:49:03 ) Critical messages for VLS

(00:49:31 ) Buy-in from maintainers of implementations

(00:50:09 ) Anticipating a killer app for Lightning

(00:52:50 ) Preparing for scaling and security issues

(00:56:48 ) The vision of a plug-and-play Lightning node

(01:00:38 ) Value for value and micro paywalls

(01:04:30 ) Use cases for Nostr

(01:09:53 ) Contributors and contact information