Nik Bhatia CFA charter holder and Bitcoin-native financial theorist joins me for discussion on the Lightning Network Interest Rate (LNRR) - a concept on how Bitcoin Lightning Network participants can earn an interest through routing fees earned on the Lightning Network. We talk:

Background on Lightning Network and LNRR
Node Accrual Rate (NAR)
How LNRR and NAR will change with coming Lightning technology
Challenges to the concept as is
How it will evolve over time

Nik Bhatia links:

Nik Bhatia twitter: https://twitter.com/timevalueofbtc
Nik Bhatia Medium page: https://medium.com/@timevalueofbtc
Article - The Lightning Network Reference Rate: https://medium.com/@timevalueofbtc/the-lightning-network-reference-rate-98e41a9dadfa
Also discussed: BitMEX Routing Fee Economics - https://blog.bitmex.com/the-lightning-network-part-2-routing-fee-economics/

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SLP65 Nik Bhatia: Bitcoin Lightning Reference Rate and Node Accrual Rate