lightning-rfc
BOLT: Basis of Lightning Technology (Lightning Network Specifications) [Moved to: https://github.com/lightning/bolts] (by lightning)
bolts
BOLT: Basis of Lightning Technology (Lightning Network Specifications) (by lightning)
| lightning-rfc | bolts | |
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| 1 | 81 | |
| 1,500 | 2,025 | |
| - | 0.8% | |
| 7.3 | 7.1 | |
| over 2 years ago | 7 days ago | |
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Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
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lightning-rfc
Posts with mentions or reviews of lightning-rfc.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-01-31.
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I can’t understand the LN
The full details of LN are described in the lightning-rfc repo, which is a continuous WIP. Other discussions happen mainly on the lightning-dev mailing list.
bolts
Posts with mentions or reviews of bolts.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-07-26.
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Smart Contract Security Field Guide
True although I'm not talking about Ethereum smart contracts, I'm talking about Bitcoin ones which are very limited and not Turing complete. The lightning smart contract is like 20 lines and has been live since 2018, I feel the probability of the contract getting hacked is very low(famous last words!) https://github.com/lightning/bolts/blob/master/03-transactio...
- Is there any Bitcoin layer (eg. Bitcoin = L1, Lightning = L2, etc.) on which the satoshi (SAT) is divisible?
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Does Lightning Network have its own hard forks?
LN is a protocol for sending signed txns around, keeping track of balances locally, and broadcasting channel open/close/justice txns. All the rules are outlined in the foundational BOLTs https://github.com/lightning/bolts/blob/master/00-introduction.md
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What's LNURL and BOLT12?
BOLT12 offers an attempt to achieve some of the core functionality that LNURL provides without requiring the use of a web server. An offer encodes the data necessary to reach a node to request an invoice to make a payment, either a node_id, or a blinded path (the last few hops in an onion route, pre-computed and encrypted) to that node using onion messages. It also can encode a minimum amount for a payment, the currency being paid in, an expiry time and minimum/maximum quantity numbers (for purchasing multiple items).
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Safe Lightning Transactions Without The Need for Watch Towers or Continuous Network Connectivity
In practice, I do not know if this is possible. I am quite unfamiliar with Bitcoin OpCode scripting and if the revocation tree of the channel state (which is just an unpublished Bitcoin contract) is expressive enough to allow inputting an arbitrary address to recieve the attacker's funds. I am attempting to use this documentation as a clue to whether or not, and how this might be possible: https://github.com/lightning/bolts/blob/master/03-transactions.md.
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Chainalysis: The $8.6B Startup That Helps Governments Trace Crypto
No they can't, that's the whole point of onion routing. The next hop doesn't know if the packet started with you or if you're just another node in the payment path.
Reference: https://github.com/lightning/bolts/blob/master/04-onion-rout...
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Negative fees
There is a discussion to add to the lightning BOLT specification for 'inbound fees' which essentially enables a 'rebate' for using a particular channel to route through your node.
- Lightening Network Links and Resources
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An important message to this community: We can do better!
Basis Of Lightning Technology BOLT specificiations
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Is sending BTC over the lightning network private and anonymous?
tbh i have a text file with definitions of many of these because I constantly confuse them, most of which were pulled from using search at https://github.com/lightning/bolts and similar
What are some alternatives?
When comparing lightning-rfc and bolts you can also consider the following projects:
lnd - Lightning Network Daemon ⚡️
BOSL2 - The Belfry OpenScad Library, v2.0. An OpenSCAD library of shapes, masks, and manipulators to make working with OpenSCAD easier. BETA
Eclair - A scala implementation of the Lightning Network.
wiki.plebnet.org
lnbook - Mastering the Lightning Network (LN)
loop - Lightning Loop: A Non-Custodial Off/On Chain Bridge
lightning-rfc - BOLT: Basis of Lightning Technology (Lightning Network Specifications) [Moved to: https://github.com/lightning/bolts]
bitcoinbook - Mastering Bitcoin 3rd Edition - Programming the Open Blockchain
eclair-mobile - An Android wallet for the Lightning Network
bitcoin-on-twitch - Bitcoin on Twitch: Accept Bitcoin donations on Twitch, and integrate them into your alerts!
lightning-onion - Onion Routed Micropayments for the Lightning Network
lndmanage - Channel management tool for lightning network daemon (LND) operators.