Stephan Livera Podcast · Jun 20, 2026 · 16:07
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Steven Roose (CEO of Second) rejoins me to explain Bark going live on Bitcoin’s main net.
Timestamps:
(00:00) - Bark mainnet launched on June 9th
(02:01) - Bark and Lightning onboarding
(03:30) - Ark compared to Lightning — replacement or teammate?
(04:15) - User experience with Bark
(05:54) - Developer experience with Bark SDK
(08:04) - Barkd for merchants and services
(08:56) - Dev tooling and VTXO Inspector
(10:40) - What's the current status of adoption and what's coming next?
Fees?
(13:25) - Tx type overview
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