11-15, 12:00–12:20 (America/El_Salvador), Galoy Stage
Language: English

Taro is a new Taproot-powered protocol for issuing assets on the bitcoin blockchain that can be transferred over the Lightning Network for instant, high volume, low fee transactions. Lightning Labs sees Taro as an important step in bitcoinizing the dollar, getting the best of both worlds by 1) issuing assets like stablecoins on the most decentralized and secure blockchain, bitcoin and 2) allowing users to transact on the fastest global payments network with the lowest fees, Lightning.


Leo is a co-founder of the Bitcoin Association of Hong Kong, where he has been organizing Bitcoin meetups since 2012. He writes about the Lightning Network for Lightning Labs as well as about Bitcoin, information security and online privacy and aims to make Bitcoin accessible to the masses.

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Leo is a co-founder of the Bitcoin Association of Hong Kong, where he has been organizing Bitcoin meetups since 2012. He writes about the Lightning Network for Lightning Labs as well as about Bitcoin, information security and online privacy and aims to make Bitcoin accessible to the masses.