Builders In Bitcoin EP10: Learning (and Earning) with Lightning w/ Nate, Education and Support - Voltage, Co-Organizer - North Houston Bitcoin Club

I’m grateful to have had the chance to chat with Nate, North Houston Bitcoin Club co-organizer and man of many hats at Voltage. Following your passion and leveraging your skill set like Nate has to help Bitcoin grow is definitely an example worth following.

In this episode, we discuss and dig into:

• Nate’s journey into Bitcoin and his role at Voltage
• tips for maximizing the impact of your Lightning node
• why Nate started a second Houston-based meetup
• and a lot more…

Resources: Voltage: https://voltage.cloud Amboss: https://amboss.space North Houston Bitcoin Club: https://www.meetup.com/north-houston-bitcoin-meetup

Nate on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beeforbacon1

0:00 Intro 3:18 Joining a Bitcoin-focused company 9:08 Proof of work 10:51 Finding Voltage 13:11 What is Voltage? 14:37 Nate’s role at Voltage 17:19 How Voltage makes money 23:00 Yield on Lightning 30:35 How much can a good node earn? 32:07 Zero-fee routing 33:54 Spinning up a world-class Lightning node 39:09 Lightning/Bitcoin tooling 40:51 North Houston Bitcoin Club 44:46 Where to find Nate 46:46 Outro