How can lightning users secure themselves even further? Just like how hardware wallets and secure elements can help secure your cold storage coins, Validating Lightning Signer (VLS) is a project aiming to help improve the way lightning security works. In this conversation with project co-founder Ken Sedgwick, we chat:

Why VLS is needed
How VLS works
Implementing part of the lightning state machine
What rules are covered?
What lightning implementations are supported?
The impact of lightning protocol changes
Interactions with watchtowers?
How you can get involved

Links:

Twitter: @VLSProject
Site: Validating Lightning Signer

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