#TLC2019 was over too fast! Everyone I spoke with was trying something exciting, but I feel I barely scratched the surface. Got to fanboy @JackMallers far too briefly (hey, you still in town?). Main things on my to-do list below:
1/ Offers. Well received, great feedback and ideas, main q was "when?". Going to take at least 6 months, but I'm going to start now. Watch mailing list for proposal.
2/ Privacy. "D+. Must try harder". Lots we can fix, like github.com/lightningnetwo… and github.com/ElementsProjec…. Will restore amount fuzzing I accidentally lost. More metrics needed on route fuzzing. Segwit v1 needed too. Nym mixnet yay! But some is v hard...
3/ @roasbeef has convinced me macaroons are Win, with his API key talk. This needs to exist, so I'll be playing with LL's API (can't find url right now, sorry!)
4/ Hardware nodes now ship with blockchain and utxo. Utxo accumulators could help you verify them, may be possible for them to validate chain backwards over time, to eventually fully validate. Many ideas here, but I'm too busy with lightning!
5/ Lightning payments still too slow, need more measurements on why. Sub 5 seconds is a good target. LND and Eclair, you turned off nagle, right? We had an idea for faster failure too, which we might have to dig back up.
6/ Everyone likes #clightning plugins, and @darosior is making them even more powerful. His plugin manager "reckless" is going to shine!
7/ Spec meeting nailed the AMP (multi-part payment) format for Base AMP, with @bitconner speccing OG right behind. Everyone will have this in simple form next release.
8/ The energy, excitement and unpermissioned exuberant chaos of the conference reminded me of early Linux confs. That started the journey that defined my career and was *so* *much* *fun*! This is going to be just as epic!
9/ Kudos to the organizers and volunteers: the conf was perfect. Compulsory attendance next year.
