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> 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. 
> 
> - How Taro works
> - Prior efforts e.g. coloured coins, Counterparty, RGB
> - Benefits of Taro approach
> - What it would look like in practice
> - Lightning Network development generally
> - CTV and ST discussion

> Links:
> 
> - Twitter: [@roasbeef](https://Twitter.com/roasbeef)
> - Lightning Labs Taro Blog Post : [A New Protocol for Multi-Asset Bitcoin and Lightning ](https://lightning.engineering/posts/2022-4-5-taro-launch)
> - Lightning Labs Engineering documentation: [Taro is a new Taproot-powered protocol for issuing assets on the bitcoin blockchain](https://docs.lightning.engineering/the-lightning-network/taro).