lightning nodes
What are Blinded Paths and How do they Work?
Learn how blinded paths operate within the context of the lightning network. This breakdown makes it simple to understand how privacy on Lightning is advancing....
Read MoreWhat do Open-Channel Transactions Look Like On-Chain?
A lightning channel funding transaction, commonly called an “open-channel transaction”, is a transaction that is used to open a payment channel on the lightning network. It anchors the...
Read MoreIntroducing Flow 2.0: A New LSP Focused on Just-In-Time Liquidity
An LSP that is focused on making Just In Time liquidity a generally available resource. No longer think inbound capacity or what channels you have....
Read MoreWhat are Negative Fees and how Does it Affect the Lightning Network?
Learn about negative fees and how they impact the lightning network. Negative fees allow a node to pay to forward a payment instead of charging to forward a...
Read MoreWhere Does the Yield Come From?
The age old question. Where does the yield come from? Lorenzo breaks that down for us. #LightningNetwork...
Read More4 Real Use Cases for Lightning Network
This article will go through several examples of what I expect the Lightning Network to provide the internet and the world in the coming years as creative people...
Read MoreWhy do Lightning nodes need inbound and outbound liquidity?
There are two possible ways of answering this question: with a brief and general answer or with a detailed and elaborated one. Let’s go through the general answer...
Read MoreWhat is Lightning Network Capacity
Bitcoin’s Lightning network operates on top of the Bitcoin blockchain. For layer 2 to function and deliver global, instant, and zero-fee transactions, nodes must join the network and...
Read MoreHow many transactions can the lightning network handle?
The Lightning Network is capable of handling millions of payments per second. I want to create a practical and easy-to-understand breakdown of how lightning operates, how nodes connect...
Read MoreThe Low Time Preference Low-Cost Routing Node Guide
Learn from our Support Engineer Nate, how to create a low time preference node you can spend from which transforms to a routing node that earns sats over...
Read MoreLightning Channel Strategy Guide and FAQ
This guide/FAQ is designed to give Lightning Network node runners, whether new to the hobby or experienced, a concise breakdown of different channel types and situations....
Read MoreEffortless Inbound Channel Opening for Voltage Nodes
Voltage node runners just got a big quality of life boost! With the click of one button, all users running a Voltage node may claim 500,000 sats of...
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