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Get hands-on with Stable Channels, an open-source system that brings stabilized, bitcoin-backed dollar balances to the Lightning Network. Stable Channels offers a decentralized and self-custodial alternative to centralized stablecoins. Install the desktop app for macOS, Linux, or Windows, or build the Rust code from source. You’ll spin up a Lightning node, create a mainnet Stable Channel, and observe the stabilization mechanism end-to-end.
In this talk / workshop, participants will learn about different approaches to stablecoins on bitcoin rails. Then, we will dive into the technology behind Stable Channels, including learning about / using LDK Node, Mutinynet and exchange price feeds to create a Rust app. The talk or workshop will use a CLI or Desktop App in the workshop, we will create Lightning nodes and channels, and do payments between them. We will then create a Stable Channel and watch the stability mechanism in action. Stable Channels is an open-source project aimed at bringing stabilized bitcoin-backed dollar balances to the Bitcoin Lightning Network. Stable Channels tackles the issue of bitcoin's price volatility by allowing users to "peg" some of their bitcoin value to the value of a fiat currency, like the dollar. This is achieved in a decentralized and self-custodial fashion using the Lightning Network.