Lightstack

  • Lightstack is a new docker-compose-based method for merchants who want to accept Lightning payments quickly and easily

Background

  • Why is merchant adoption important for bitcoin’s success?
  • Why is accepting Lightning as a merchant difficult, unless you trust a third party?
    • Why is trusting third parties with bitcoin a bad idea?
  • Why is accepting on-chain bitcoin not viable for some merchants?

How does Lightstack work?

  • What is a Docker image?
  • What is Docker Compose? (see: https://github.com/massmux/lightstack/blob/main/docker-compose.yml.example)
  • What is Phoenixd?
  • What is LNBits?
  • What are the tradeoffs between using this method vs more sovereign methods (bitcoin full node) and less sovereign methods (WoS)?

Preguntas

  • What are some other Lightning point-of-sale systems?
    • Is Lightstack better or worse than these?
  • What kind of person should use Lightstack?