benny b

contact me via email or view my github & twitter


engineer w/ an opensats grant. building dlcdevkit. dlc application tooling and research (2024-pres)

founder @ bitcoin bay a 501c3 non-profit focused on education & adoption in tampa, fl (2021-pres)

prev engineer @ blockspaces building enterprise lightning infrastructure and applications (2022-2024)

My Work

rust

  • bitender : an automated lightning beer tap. see it in action!
  • arc : automated collateral management of derivatives contracts using lightning
  • benln : a ready-to-go ln node implementation with a gRPC server & CLI for spiral's ldk-node
  • benlnurl : a non-custodial lnurl server that offers lnurl addresses for multiple users w/ multiple nodes connected.
  • lnurl-cli : cli toolkit for various lnurl functions
  • mempool websocket : subscribe to mempool.space websocket and use a callback function when new blocks arrive
  • btc-tx-search : a rust cli to query bitcoin transactions and addresses
  • lnd-test-util : Utility to run a regtest lnd process connected to a given bitcoind instance, useful in integration testing environment.
  • buzz buddy : bitcoin enabled toy (nsfw)

web

  • lightning connect : enterprise lightning solution for businesses to transact over lightning and connect to their existing business infrastructure.
  • bay wallet : a non-custodial lightning node running on the phone with a nostr client. built with ldk. Bitcoin Bay engineering collaborative project. a part of tampa bitdevs.
  • nostr-react-native : react native hooks for nostr (thanks react-native builds.)
  • bitcoin bay website the best city in the usa. (everyone stop moving here tho)
  • bay wallet (old) : a lightning wallet built for the residents of tampa bay, powered by lnbits
  • bitcoin bay nostr relay : i maintain a nostr relay for bitcoin bay (wss://nostr.bitcoinbay.engineering)
  • bitcoin bay farms : our food initiative in the tampa area. a storefront that connects tampians to locally sources food
  • hexynip5 : a cli tool to quickly convert npub's to hex format
  • bitcoinbay.club nip05 : nip05 verified accounts for bitcoin bay. join the club!
  • ~/creatv : a social media app built on lightning, powered by rn-ldk
  • cold brew : a social media application powered by hive
  • auntie lnd : winner of the satsby 2023 hackathon by pleb lab

ai

  • ask steve : llm trained on creator's content, podcasts, posts, etc. to engage their community. fans can engage creators by asking the llm questions about the creator.

Contributions

Publications & Talks