LIGHTNING NETWORK RESOURCES
Some further resources to help learn more about Lightning Network which is designed to make Bitcoin payment much quicker and is found on Lopp.net from Jameson Lopp.
Getting Started:
- Explain it Like I’m 5
- Explain it Like I’m 25
- Explained in layman’s terms
- LN FAQ
- LN Technical Primer
- Understanding the Lightning Network
- What Is Lightning Network?
History:
- Early History
- LN Timeline
- History of LN (Christian Decker)
Miscellaneous Statistics:
- Centrality stats
- Lightblock stats
- Network Capacity over time
- Network statistics
- More network statistics
- Node History
- Penalty Transaction Monitor
Explorers:
Visualizations:
Deep Dive Technical Resources:
- Lightning Network Whitepaper
- Mastering Lightning
- Technical Specifications (BOLTs)
- BOLT blog posts
- Stack Exchange
- Getting Started with c-lightning
Developer Tools:
- Boltbox (simnet LN setup)
- Boltwall (paywall & authentication)
- Channel Tools (lnd)
- Lighter (multi-implementation API wrapper)
- LND Developer Documentation
- LN API Paywall
- lnet Simplified Test Network Setup
- lnet-random Auto Generate Random Network with UI
- lsat-js (utility library for auth tokens)
- Lightning Dissector (wireshark plugin)
- Integration Testing Framework
- Java LND client
- Payment Request Decoder
- Payment Request Decoder 2
- NodeJS LND gRPC library
- PHP C-Lightning client
- PHP LND Client
- Polar (local regtest LN deployment)
- Python Invoice Generator
- REST Interface for LND
- Sitzprobe (c-lightning plugin for auto-sending test payments)
- WebLN (LAPP / node secure comms)
Node Tools:
- C-simple c-lightning mobile interface
- LND channel manager
- LND channel rebalancer
- LightningMonitoring(node alerts)
- LND Monitor (dashboard)
- Node Management Handbook
Desktop Wallets:
- Comprehensive Wallet List
- Fulmo (for c-lightning)
- Lightning App (for LND)
- Joule Browser Extension
- Casa Browser Extension
- Peach
- Spark (for c-lightning)
- Zap
Mobile Wallets:
- Lightning Wallets Features Comparison Table
- Breez (Android & iOS)
- Eclair (Android)
- Phoenix (Android)
- Swift Lightning (iOS)
- Lightning–Wallet (Android)
- Muun (Android & iOS)
- Shango (Android & iOS)
- Pebble (Android & iOS)
- Zap (iOS)
- Zeus (Android & iOS)
Custodial Wallets:
Note that these wallets tend to trade weaker security in return for increased convenience.
Node Implementations:
DIY Nodes:
- C-Lightning RPi Guide
- Odroid Node Guide
- Raspibolt guide
- Raspiblitz guide
- MacOS & Windows desktop install guide
- Lightweight Web Client (for LND)
- LND Admin (LND web UI)
- LNTop (LND terminal dashboard)
- RTL (web client for LND)
- Web Dashboard (for LND)
Plug & Play Nodes:
Documentaries:
Video Presentations:
- Andreas’ Playlist
- Bolt-A-Thon Presentations
- Chaincode Lightning Residency
- Deep Dive with Laolu
- The Importance of Layer 2
- LN as a Directed Graph
- Misconceptions about LN
- Onion Routing Explained
- Submarine Swaps
- Unlinkable Outsourced Channel Monitoring
News Sites:
Podcasts:
- Lightning Junkies
- LNCast
- Noded
- Stephan Livera
- Tales from the Crypt
- The Coin Pod
- What Bitcoin Did (Lightning Network Series)
Blogs:
Discussion Forums:
- Discord
- Developer Mailing List
- Developer IRC
- LND Dev Slack
- Bitcoin Subreddit
- LN Subreddit
- Lapp Builder Telegram
- General LN Telegram
Twitter:
Applications:
Earn Satoshis:
- Bitcoin 4 Photos
- Earn Sats
- Escape QR
- THNDR Games
- Microlancer
- Stakwork
- Paid
- Satoshis
- Sats for Likes
- Trakkin
- Sparkshot
Tipping:
- BitPatron
- Lightning Gifts
- LightningTip (add tipping to web pages)
- LNTipBot (reddit)
- nanotip (for c-lightning)
- Slack Tipbot
- tippin.me (twitter tips)
- Tallycoin (crowdfunding platform)
Merchant Adoption:
Merchant Tools:
- BTCPay (self hosted payment processor)
- CoinGate
- CryptoChill
- FileBazaar (sell digital files)
- GloBee
- Lightning Charge (merchant solution for c-lightning)
- Lightning Collect (payment processor)
- Lightning Pay Station (PoS hardware)
- M5StackSats (PoS hardware)
- Nano PoS (for Lightning Charge)
- OpenNode
- Python Strike library
- Quickening (PoS hardware)
- Strike (Stripe-like API)
- WooCommerce gateway
- OpenCart Payment Gateway (for LND node)
Trading:
- Hodl Hodl
- Atomic Swap Readiness charts
- BTCDuke Exchange
- CoinPlaza Exchange
- Lightning Conductor (swap off-chain for on-chain BTC)
- Submarine Swaps
- LN Markets
Economics:
- The Time Value of Bitcoin
- The LN Reference Rate
- Thor (buy inbound liquidity)
- LightningToMe (request inbound liquidity)