1/ In case you missed the announcement from @benthecarman, we are releasing a production-grade Lightning node for servers. Everything that powers the likes of @CashApp, @Square, @moneydevkit, @lightspark, @lexeapp, and @getalby is packaged as a daemon anyone can run.

Introducing Versioned Storage Service (VSS): A solution for live online sync and lightning state backup for non-custodial wallets ⚡️ See @G8XSU’s post to learn more about VSS 👇

Making it happen @advbitcoin ⚡️ Thanks @kuutamocloud @c_equals @LtbLightning @voltage_cloud @FulgurVentures for your kind support.

The latest and greatest LDK roadmap is here ⚡️ Several features are underway such as LDK Node, BOLT 12, Anchor Outputs, Async Payments, VSS, Taproot, and more. Other projects will start soon or need contributors 👀 See the 🧵 or join our Twitter Spaces this Tuesday at 9am PST.

As we start to see more diverse use cases, LDK will thrive because of the flexibility. (45:15) youtu.be/hkqJkTR8OOI?t=2715

You’ll probably start to see more people using LDK for non-custodial mobile wallets because you can pick and choose what you want to customize. (44:31) youtu.be/hkqJkTR8OOI?t=2671

LDK gives more customization with pathfinding. (41:46) youtu.be/hkqJkTR8OOI?t=2506

Cash App has more than one node, we have two nodes. With LDK we are able to expand that to 3,4,5, or as many nodes as we want, and have no downtime when deploying new versions or updates. (40:28) youtu.be/hkqJkTR8OOI?t=2428

Cash App already had bitcoin infrastructure. With LDK we could use a library and include it right into the code. This gives us great flexibility because it can be built into services where we are comfortable writing code. (39:45) youtu.be/hkqJkTR8OOI?t=2385

@dannydeezy, software engineer at @CashApp, talked about LDK in @kerooke’s latest episode⚡️ youtu.be/hkqJkTR8OOI?t=2198 Here are some of LDK’s advantages that he mentioned: