Michael Levin⚡️
@MichaelLevin
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head of product @lightning | previously @google | @Wharton @PennEngEntrep | fix the money. fix the world.
New Orleans, LA
Joined May 2009
1/7: Some personal news: I'm excited to share that I've accepted and started my dream job as Product Growth Lead @lightning where I'll be working tirelessly with the rest of the incredible team to help empower developers and entrepreneurs to bring #Bitcoin to billions ⚡️ 👇🧵👇
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Announcing Bitcoin Lockboxes— The easiest way to gift bitcoin to anyone. It's currently too hard to gift a friend bitcoin. Nor is there an easy way to ensure they hold onto it. Lockboxes solve this. They're easy to set up: 1- Provide recipient email address, duration &
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When I looked into the quantum computing risk to Bitcoin earlier this year, the conclusion I came to was that it's not clear it's going to be a risk anytime soon, but people are already working on it anyway just in case. That is generally still the case. Maybe that's boring. 🤷♂️
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It's totally normal and healthy to be extraordinarily bullish on Bitcoin, be a maximalist, AND to deeply consider risks to Bitcoin long term and evaluate how to mitigate them.
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The Lightning Network is consistently underestimated across a wide variety of audiences. Fine by me 🏗️⚡️
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buy more bitcoin.
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Thank you for your impeccable service to your state and to the entire country @CynthiaMLummis! 🙏🏼🇺🇸 2026 is now the year for Bitcoin Strategic Reserve legislation. Can't think of a better retirement gift for an outstanding Senator. Let's make it happen!
Thank you, Wyoming! Serving our state has been the honor of my life. - Cynthia Lummis
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Learn more about these underdiscussed use cases from these guides! https://t.co/nVhpRr9zhp
https://t.co/IINa7foWhO
docs.lightning.engineering
We are always looking for well-connected routing node operators who are interested in earning routing fees to help route these funds to the Loop node.
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People mostly consider using Lightning Loop for replenishing inbound. But it's also insanely useful for: Monetization: Nodes peer with Loop to monetize their excess inbound and generate revenue. Refill Channels: Loop In is often cheaper than opening new channels.
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Qualified custody meets Lightning speed. ⚡️ Fast, low-cost, and more scalable $BTC transactions, available from battle-tested custody. BitGo and @voltage_cloud are bringing institutional access to the Lightning Network.
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1/4: With the latest release of Lightning Terminal, node operators will now be able to monitor the status of Autopilot in real time and receive notifications for Autopilot actions like channel opens, fee adjustments, or error messages.
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4/4: Autopilot is one of many powerful tools designed specifically for node operators in Lightning Terminal. Give it (and many other helpful node operator features) a try today by connecting your node to Lightning Terminal at https://t.co/hF3B3wV7vv!
terminal.lightning.engineering
For Lightning node operators to gauge their node's performance and get actionable recommendations on ways to improve.
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3/4: Based on feedback from users about being notified of actions and having more visibility into Autopilot status, we created a section within the UX to monitor the status along with notifications on Autopilot actions.
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2/4: As a refresher, Autopilot on Lightning Terminal currently contains 2 features: AutoFees and AutoOpen. Autofees automatically manages channel fees based on your liquidity flows. AutoOpen cost effectively opens channels with the goal of improving betweenness-centrality.
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1/4: With the latest release of Lightning Terminal, node operators will now be able to monitor the status of Autopilot in real time and receive notifications for Autopilot actions like channel opens, fee adjustments, or error messages.
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🚀 Bitcoin Capacity on Lightning hits an All Time High — 5,637 BTC! See for yourself: https://t.co/m63VGojrEm
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We are excited to share that @speed_LN has raised $8 million from @Tether_to and @egodeathcapital. This investment is a strong signal that businesses believing in Lightning-powered Bitcoin and stablecoin payments are moving into the mainstream. Read more about the investment:
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Announcing Taproot Assets v0.7, now with reusable addresses, a fully auditable asset supply, and larger, more reliable transactions. ✅ With this release, we are laying the foundation for trillions of dollars to flow on bitcoin and Lightning. 💸 Read more below. Upgrade today!
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We are excited to share that @speed_LN has raised $8 million from @Tether_to and @egodeathcapital. This investment is a strong signal that businesses believing in Lightning-powered Bitcoin and stablecoin payments are moving into the mainstream. Read more about the investment:
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Tether Leads $8M Strategic Investment in Speed to Advance Lightning-Native, Stablecoin-Powered Payments Learn more:
tether.io
16 December 2025 – Tether, the largest company in the digital assets industry, announced today that it has made a strategic investment in Speed1, Inc. (“Speed”), a payments infrastructure company...
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@RyanTheGentry is one of the finest businessmen in Bitcoin
NEW @blockspace pod w/ @ryanthegentry Ryan's got $220 million burning a hole in his pocket and he's on the hunt for Bitcoin infrastructure companies to acquire. Rarely do you get someone who does tradfi but can speak authoritatively on technical Bitcoin topics.
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