Potzblitz

Concept for a weekly Lightning talk while the world is in lockdown.

Title

Potzblitz! - The weekly Lightning talk

Potzblitz?

[ˈpɔt͡sˈblɪt͡s]

🔉 Listen!

Meaning: Expression of great wonder and amazement. 🤯

Time

Every Sunday night at 8 pm GMT+2 Berlin check your local time

Duration

60-120 minutes

Target group

Bitcoin and Lightning Network developers, power users and enthusiasts

Goal

Creating a sense of community, updating the community on the latest developments and giving creators a platform to showcase their project

Format

• Short introduction by the regular host
• detailed talk and presentation by the weekly guest
• interview of the weekly guest by a weekly moderator
• Q&A moderated by weekly moderator and answered by guest, regular host adds comments and monitors questions

After the stream, the Jitsi room could be announced publicly so viewers can hangout together and chat with host, guest and moderator (not recorded)

Technical setup

• Small Jitsi room with 3-5 participants (regular host, guest, moderator)
• YouTube stream
• Second Jitsi room for community hangout to watch and comment the stream together

Community engagement

The community could engage on these channels, so they have to be monitored by the regular host before, during and after the show.

• Twitter
• YouTube stream comments
• Jitsi hangout
• Mattermost