Nicholas Gregory is the CEO of CommerceBlock, the company using Statechains to power their product Mercury Wallet.
In our conversation, Nick explained the concept and utility of statechains, Mercury Wallet’s upcoming Lightning integration, and we also discussed LSPs and Bitcoin transaction fees.
→ Mercury Wallet: https://mercurywallet.com/
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Timestamps
00:00 - Intro
02:18 - Nicholas Gregory Intro
04:25 - CommerceBlock
05:56 - What are Statechains?
17:18 - Building Mercury Wallet
23:51 - Changes to Bitcoin’s Protocol
34:58 - Trends in Bitcoin Transaction Fees
37:50 - Catalysts for Lightning Development
45:37 - Traits of Good Lightning Service Providers
54:58 - Attacking the Lightning Network
1:03:59 - The Lightning Round
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