Awesome Lightning Network

A curated list of lightning network resources and tools for software developers

List of content

• Specifications
• Implementations
• Presentation Videos
• Presentation Slides
• Developer Guides
• Learn
• Read
• Apps

Specifications

• Lightning Network Specifications (BOLTs)
• Lightning Network Whitepaper
• Lightning Network Summary

Implementations

• LND (GoLang)
• Eclair (Scala)
• Lightning-C (C)
• LIT (Java)

GUIs

• Lightning MacOS GUI Wallet for LND
• LND Dashboard for Web
• Eclair(Scala)

Presentation Videos

• Scaling Bitcoin to Billions of Transactions Per Day
• Lightning Network Tech Talk at Coinbase
• Lightning and SegWit and Schnorr, Oh My!
• Lightning Network as a Directed Graph: Single-Funded Channel Network Topology
• Lightning Network Deep Dive with Laolu "Roasbeef" Osuntokun

Presentation Slides

• SF Bitcoin Devs
• SF Bitcoin Social
• Time and Bitcoin

Developer Guides

• Lightning Network Developer Guide
• Setting up and Testing LND with the Testnet Lightning Faucet

Learn

• Understanding the Lightning Network, Part 1: Building a Bidirectional Bitcoin Payment Channel
• Understanding the Lightning Network, Part 2: Creating the Network
• Understanding the Lightning Network, Part 3: Completing the Puzzle and Closing the Channel
• Lightning Networks Part I: Revocable Transactions
• Lightning Networks Part II: Hashed Timelock Contracts (HTLCs)
• Lightning Networks Part III: Channeling Contracts
• Lightning Networks Part IV: Summary

Read

• Lightning Network Community Blog
• Lightning Apps and the Emerging Developer Ecosystem on LND
• [My Vision For SegWit And Lightning Networks On Litecoin And Bitcoin by Charlie Lee] (https://segwit.org/my-vision-for-segwit-and-lightning-networks-on-litecoin-and-bitcoin-cf95a7ab656b)

Apps

• Slack Tipbot

License