Lightning Network Megathread

Hi Everyone,

I'm trying to create a post that can be stickied with regards to the Lightning Network. This post should be used to provide as many links to as many resources as organized as possible. This is obviously a large task and I've tried to start it in hopes that I can crowdsource this in the comments to keep adding content to this post. Feel free to recommend any additions but please provide sources for your information. Also please correct myself or anything that appears up here that seems incorrect and I'll do my best to edit quickly.

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What is the Lightning Network? ⚡

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Explanations:

• http://bit.ly/2BJ7tze
  
• http://bit.ly/2CFMOt0
  
• http://bit.ly/2CJ1bgf
  
• http://bit.ly/2CxC1ni
  

Whitepaper and documents

• http://bit.ly/2gTjOSG
  
• http://bit.ly/2CJ1aZJ
  
• http://bit.ly/2Cu3g1Y
  

Videos

• Bitcoin's Lightning Network, Simply Explained!
  
• The Lightning Network Explained (Litecoin/Bitcoin)
  
• Zap: Lightning Network Wallet
  
• Cross-Implementation Lightning Payment on Bitcoin's Mainnet
  
• Bitcoin Q&A: The Lightning Network
  

Lightning Network Experts on Reddit

• http://bit.ly/2lGgkqy
  
• http://bit.ly/2CcxMtD
  
• http://bit.ly/2CFE6Lo
  
• http://bit.ly/2CcxMK9
  
• http://bit.ly/2CGDoO6
  
• http://bit.ly/2CvMGic
  
• http://bit.ly/2lJKRDP
• http://bit.ly/2CvMGyI
  
• http://bit.ly/2lKy18t
  
• http://bit.ly/2Cu3hmy
  

Medium Posts

• http://bit.ly/2lLtToT
  
• http://bit.ly/2CJ1bgf
  
• http://bit.ly/2yQF1br
  

Client Interfaces

• http://bit.ly/2DOrbGp
  
• http://bit.ly/2iQcUjD
  

T utorials and resources

Install bitcoind + lnd

• http://bit.ly/2CvMHmg
  

Develop an application of bitcoind and lnd

• http://bit.ly/2lIbB7I
  

Lightning on Testnet

Lightning Wallet

• https://htlc.me/
  
• Eclair wallet (for android)

Place a transaction

• https://yalls.org/
  
• http://bit.ly/2kltObn
  
• http://bit.ly/2CvMLT2
  

Lightning on Mainnet

• https://twitter.com/alexbosworth/status/946175898029395968
  

Atomic Swaps

• https://twitter.com/lightning/status/931277111490265088
  

Developer Documentation

lnd

• http://bit.ly/2lJfTfe
  

Lightning implementations:

• http://bit.ly/2doNHti
  
• http://bit.ly/1NkklHf
  
• http://bit.ly/2cYBEVy
  
• http://bit.ly/2lKzImp
  

Lightning Network Visualizer (Testnet)

• http://bit.ly/2CvMNKE
  

IRC channel

• #lightning-dev on freenode
  

Slack Channel

• http://bit.ly/2lI3Ui3
  

Miscellanous

• Lightning Emoji ⚡
  

Lightning Questions and Concerns

Questions might be unanswered, if you can answer please PM me and include source if possible

• Do I need a constant connection to run a lightning node?

(Unanswered)

• How does lightning handle cross chain (Atomic) swaps?

(Unanswered)

• Can I only open lightning channels with segwit addresses?

(Unanswered)

• Can I only open lightning channels with legacy addresses(non-segwit)?

(Unanswered)

• What is the release date for Lightning on Mainnet?

(Unanswered)

• What is a lightning "hub"?

(Unanswered)

• What is the delay time for the recipient of a transaction receiving confirmation?

(Unanswered)

• How does the lightning network prevent highly centralization?

(Unanswered)

Submitted January 03, 2018 at 05:06AM by codedaway http://bit.ly/2CHqmzY