TLS109: Burak on Building Ark, Scaling Bitcoin, and Improving Privacy

The Kevin Rooke Show

Burak is the creator of Ark, a second-layer solution designed for scaling Bitcoin.

In ways it is inspired by elements of Bitcoin’s base blockchain, Lightning, e-cash, and coinjoins, and we got into all the details of how Ark will work during our conversation.

→ Ark: https://www.arkpill.me/

Sponsors

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The best way to show your support is to download Fountain from the App Store, load your wallet with some sats, and send them over the Lightning Network to [e-mail].

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Links

→ Stack Sats: https://www.stacksats.how/

→ Twitter: https://twitter.com/kerooke

→ Books: https://www.kevinrooke.com/book-recommendations

→ Bitcoin News: https://stacker.news/r/kr

Timestamps

00:00 - Intro

02:13 - Burak Intro

12:36 - How Burak Changes His Mind

19:12 - First Comes Scalability, Then Comes Privacy

22:00 - What Is Ark?

37:59 - Why Users May Want To Become Ark Service Providers

43:27 - Ark Service Providers vs. Lightning Service Providers

51:30 - The Scalability of Ark

59:59 - How Will Ark Gain User Adoption?

1:06:33 - Monetizing Ark

1:09:47 - Ark Feedback From The Bitcoin Community

1:18:01 - The Lightning Round