Lightning Network

The Lightning Network (LN) is a payment protocol built on the Bitcoin blockchain and those of other cryptocurrencies.^[1] It is intended to enable fast transactions among participating nodes (independently run members of the network) and has been proposed as a solution to the bitcoin scalability problem.^[2]^[3] It is a peer-to-peer system for making micropayments of cryptocurrency through a network of bidirectional payment channels, without delegating custody of funds.^[4]

^ "lightningnetwork/lnd". GitHub. Archived from the original on 2022-07-12. Retrieved 2021-05-04.
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^ "MIT and Stanford Professors Are Designing a Cryptocurrency to Top Bitcoin: Unit-e". fortune.com. January 17, 2019. Archived from the original on 2021-10-06. Retrieved 2019-12-12.
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[:0-1] "lightningnetwork/lnd". GitHub. Archived from the original on 2022-07-12. Retrieved 2021-05-04.

[2] Russo, Camila (March 15, 2018). "Technology Meant to Make Bitcoin Money Again Is Now Live". www.bloomberg.com. Archived from the original on 2018-03-31. Retrieved 2019-12-12.

[3] "MIT and Stanford Professors Are Designing a Cryptocurrency to Top Bitcoin: Unit-e". fortune.com. January 17, 2019. Archived from the original on 2021-10-06. Retrieved 2019-12-12.

[PriceSurge-4] Popper, Nathaniel (August 15, 2017). "Bitcoin price surges after deal on software updates". The Boston Globe. Archived from the original on December 13, 2019. Retrieved December 12, 2019.

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