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Discover All The Ways You Can Delve Into the World of The Lightning Network
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Getting Started With Lightning
- The History of Lightning
- Lightning Network for Beginners
- Chaincode Labs (Lightning Residency)
- Lightning Whitepaper
- How to Make Payments on Lightning from the Terminal
- Routing Payments on Lightning
- BOLT Technical Specs
- The History of Lightning: From Brainstorm to Beta
- The Future of Bitcoin: What Lightning Could Look Like
- Understanding the Lightning Network, Part 1
- Understanding the Lightning Network, Part 2
- Lightning Wiki
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Developers & Implementations
- Blockstream (c-Lightning implementation)
- ACINQ (Eclair implementation)
- Lightning Labs (lnd implementation)
- Rust Lightning (Implementation using Bitcoin RPC with Matt Corallo)
- Lightning Network BOLT Implementation (with nayutaco/ptarmignan)
- Lit (Lightning node you can run on your own)
- Lightning-Onion (Lightning Network uses onion routing)
- Ptarmigan (BOLT-Compliant Lightning Network Implementation [Incomplete])
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Running A Lightning Node
- CasaNode (Plug and play Lightning node)
- Raspiblitz (Build your own node on a raspberry pi)
- Lightning in a Box (Purchase plug and play Lightning nodes)
- nodl it (Plug and Play Lightning node with BTCPay Server
- Lightning Power Node Launcher (Easy way to get setup with your own Lightning node)
- Lightning on a Raspberry Pi (Beginner’s guide to running Lightning on a Raspberry Pi)
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Lightning Explorers & Statistics
- Casa (Lightning explorer)
- 1ml (Lightning explorer)
- LightBlock (Lightning explorer)
- Recksplorer (Lightning topology)
- Lightning Network Visualizer (Graph Lightning Explorer)
- Lightning Network Visualizer (Layered Lightning Explorer)
- BitcoinExchangeRate (Lightning topology)
- Lightning Peach (Lightning network stats)
- Grafana (Lightning network stats)
- Bitcoin Visuals (Lightning network charts)
- Lightning Node Match (Find the best nodes to connect to)
- ACINQ Explorer (Lightning network explorer)
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Wallets
Mobile Wallets
- Zap Wallet (iOS wallet)
- Zeus (Lightning Wallet on Android and connect to full Node) New
- Eclair Wallet (Android wallet)
- Breez (Lightning Wallet on iOS and Android) New
- Spark (Mobile wallet for c-lightning)
- Shango (Android and iOS wallet)
- Bitcoin Lightning Wallet (Android wallet)
- BlueWallet (Android and iOS wallet)
- SwiftLightning (iOS wallet)
- Rawtx (Android and iOS wallet)
- Thin Wallet (iOS and full-node wallet)
- Pebble (iOS and Android neutrino based wallet)
- Lightning (iOS wallet and Android)
Desktop / Web Wallet
- ZAP Wallet (Desktop wallet)
- Lightning Labs (Desktop wallet)
- Lightning MacOS GUI Wallet (Desktop wallet for OSX)
- Fulmo (Own full-node wallet)
- Spark GUI (Full-node wallet)
Hardware Wallet
- Lastbit (Key-chain sized hardware wallet that will support lightning)
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Exchanges and Channel Management Services
- ZigZag (Exchange Top Cryptocurrencies in seconds with Lightning)
- SparkSwap (Non custodial exchange built on Lightning Network)
- Thor (Channel opening service through Bitrefill)
- Turbo Thor (Channel opening service through Bitrefill for immediate funds)
- Lightning Hood Liquidity (Channel opening service through Lightning Hood)
- Submarine Swaps (Trade on-chain tokens for Lightning invoice payments)
- LN Zone (Trade off-chain BTC for on-chain BTC)
- Lightning Conductor (Convert Lightning BTC to BTC)
- CoinPlaza (Non-custodial instant cryptocurrency exchange that supports lightning)
- Balnr (A custodial channel balancing service)
- Recharge (A channel refilling service by Bitrefill)
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Payment Processors & Faucets
- OpenNode (A Simple way to Accept Bitcoin)
- BTCPay (Self hosted Merchant server to Accept Bitcoin Payments)
- Lightning Faucet
- Globee (Get paid with Crypto)
- Coingate (Buy, Sell and Accept Bitcoin)
- Lightning Collect (A payment collection & processing service for businesses)
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Identity & Web Login
- Casa Browser Extension (Lightning Browser Extension)
- Joule (Brings Lightning to your browser)
- Tippin.me (Get tips in Lightning)
- Bitlum.io (Custodial Lightning wallet with a chrome extension)
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Developer Resources
Guides
- Lightning Overview
- LND Developers Site
- LND Developer Guide
- Rusty Russell’s BOLT Blog Series
- WebLN Documentation
Libraries
- Lightning-integration (Lightning integration testing framework)
- Lightning-charge (A drop-in solution for accepting lightning payments in javascript)
- Lightning-charge-client-js (JavaScript client for lightning charge)
- Lightning-charge-client-php (PHP client for lightning-charge)
- Lightning-payencode (QR code ready encoding for requesting lightning payments)
- Lseed (A DNS seed for the Lightning Network)
- WooCommerce-gateway-lightning (WooCommerce gateway for lightning payments)
- Lnrpc-client (Javascript RPC client for LND)
- In-service (Lightning REST service)
- LightningJ (LND integration API for Java)
- Lightning-rest (Rest server for lightningd RPC)
- WordPress-lightning-publisher (Lightning publisher for WordPress)
- FileBazaar ( A system for selling files such as documents, images and videos)
- Paypercall (Toolkit for Lightning that enables micropayments for individual API calls)
- Ifpaytt (Allows web developers using IFTTT to request payments for service usage)
- Piln (Lightning network IPFS pins)
- Sitzprobe (A plugin that sends test payments to find and deprecate channels that can’t route payments)
- jarret/raspi-uart-waveshare (A library for interfacing with the 4.3inch UART e-Paper from Raspberry Pi 2/3 via Python3)
- Guide to Bitcoin & Lightning on FreeNAS
- LibrePatron (A self-hosted Patreon Alternative)
- C-Otto/rebalance-lnd (A script for rebalancing lightning channels for LND nodes)
- Lighter (A Lightning Network wrapper)
Tutorials
- Setting up and Testing LND with the Testnet Lightning Faucet
- Setting up a local Lightning cluster
- How to send payments via CLI on the Lightning Network
- Using the LND web client
- Using LND gRPC client
- Integrating Lightning into a server-side web application
- How to use a Python gRPC Client with LND
- How to use a Javascript GRPC client with LND
- Setup LND and Bitcoind on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
Credit to bcongdo
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Lightning Enabled Websites & Miscellaneous
- Y’alls (Blog site integrated with Lightning)
- Ask for Bitcoin (Get paid to complete task)
- Lightning Tasks (Get paid to complete task)
- Suredbits (Crypto exchange market data api monetized by Lightning)
- Lightning Button (Lightning Network powered url auction)
- Lndecode (A tool for decoding for Lightning Network payment requests)
- Limichat (Use Lightning to send messages to board)
- BitPatron (An alternative to Patreon that supports Lightning)
- Spacebit.live (A tool to relay messages via the Blockstream Satellite)
- Satoshi’s Price (Shows Bitcoin’s price in satoshi’s for all fiat currencies)
- Sparkshot.io (A Lightning Network driven art platform)
- Bitcoin Graveyard (Use Lightning to lay flowers next to tombstones where media claimed Bitcoin is dead)
- Take the Torch Online (Follow the LNTrustChain)
- Lightning Pictures (Buy pictures with Lightning)
- Pollo Feed (Feed chickens with Lightning)
- Tweetstamp (Append the hash of a tweet to the Bitcoin blockchain)
- Cent2sat (A cent to satoshi converter)
- SatoshiTweet (Tweet anonymously for 50 satoshi’s)
- Lightning Scratchcard (Get paid bitcoin for writing content)
- The Lightning Wall (Earn bitcoin with public and private posts)
- Block Clock Live (Updated the block clock with Lightning)
- Lightning Lotto (Play the lottery and win satoshi’s)
- HodlHodl Predictions (Bitcoin based prediction market)
- Lightning Space (Buy webhosting space with lightning)
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Shop With Lightning
- Lightning Hood Store
- Blockstream Store (Buy stickers and accessories)
- Casa Store (Buy stickers and accessories)
- Bitrefill (Buy gift cards with Lightning)
- Joltfun (Buy games with Lightning)
- Coincards (Buy gift cards with Lightning)
- SoG Bazaar (Buy collectible cards with Lightning)
- CoinMall (Online marketplace)
- HODL Monkey
- TorGuard (Pay for a VPN with Lightning)
- WooCommerce (Buy stickers and accessories)
- Cryptoids (Buy crypto apparel and accessories)
- Hodlgang Store (Buy crypto apparel and accessories)
- BitcoinShirt Store (Buy crypto apparel and accessories)
- Excellion (Buy Bitcoin and Lightning branded hats)
- LNDlife (Buy stickers and accessories)
- Empower Mind.Body.Life (Fitness training and accessories)
- Ludvig Bitcoin Art (Buy Bitcoin art)
- EnergyKitchen (Buy food and drinks with Lightning)
- Chromatic Coffee (Buy Turkish coffee Local Purchase)
- Unfairly Cheap Collectibles (Stickers only available with Lightning Payments)
- Buy a Beer with Lightning (Buy a beer with lightning for customers at Hubbard Inn)
- CryptoHO.ST (VPS Hosting)
- Modular Synth (Purchase unique audio samples with Lightning)
- LN Pizza (Buy Domino’s pizza with Lightning)
- Bitcart (Buy Amazon gift cards with Lightning)
- You Buy With Bitcoin (Buy items and bater on price with bitcoin)
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Games on Lightning
- Lightning Hood Game Studio (A collection of all Lightning enabled games in one place)
- Satoshi Games (A collection of games)
- Satoshi Pictures (Rent a piece of the wall)
- Lightning Spin (Gambling game)
- Microbet (Sports gambling)
- Poketoshi (Pokemon game)
- Satoshi’s Place (Collaborative art board)
- Lightning Roulette
- Lightning Gem (Psychology about speculative bubbles)
- Lightning Slot Machine
- Hammercoin (A RPG using Lightning for in-game payments)
- Bitquest (The first Minecraft server denominated in cryptocurrency)
- Lightning Chess (using Joule Browser Plugin)
- Hangman (Play hangman with lightning)
- Three Cards Monte (Bet cards)
- SaruTobi (Monkey swinging game on Android)
- LNhunt (Duckhunt with Lightning)
- Satoshi’s Games (Gaming platform powered by Lightning)
- Satoshi’s Game of Life
- PenguinShooter (A shooting RPG with Lightning)
- LN Games (Simple LN Games)
- Blackjack (Blackjack on LN)
- Space Invaders (Play Space Invaders and win sats on LN)
- Satoshi’s World (A street view version of Satoshi’s Place)
- Satoshibet (A roulette gambling game)
- Lucky Thunder (A slot machine game)
- Where is Nakamoto (Find Satoshi and win sats)
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Community
- Lightning Network Community Blog
- Lightning Network Twitter Account
- Lightning Network Mailing List
- LND Developer Community on Slack
- Lightning Labs Blog
- Lightning Discord
- Lightning Network Family
- Lightning Makers Telegram Group
- Bitcoin Reading Group (A collaborative learning community for Bitcoiners)
- Lightning Network Telegram
- Lightning Developers Twitter List
- Lightning Network Discussion Thread
- r/LightningNetwork
- Lightning Network on r/Bitcoin
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Community Projects
- Sweetbit (Lightning enabled candy dispenser)
- LNsms (send Texts worldwide via Lightning Network)
- Vending Machine (Lightning enabled vending machine)
- Lightning Bike (Lightning enabled bike)
- Ride the Lightning (Friendly Web UI for your Lightning node)
- Lighter (Node wrapper allowing Developers to remain LN-Implementation agnostic)
- Excel Plugin (Lightning Microsoft Excel plugin)
- Lightning Beer-Tap (Lightning enabled beer-tap)
- Lightning Jukebox (Lightning enabled jukebox player)
- Electrum (Lightning Integration)
- 2fa.horse (Two Factor Authentication as a ServicePay with Lightning)
- Nanotip (A simple Lightning tip jar)
- Kriptode (SMS Text, Browser Mining and various games with Lightning)
- Lntxbot (Send and receive Lightning payments via Telegram)
- Lightning Powered Pac-Man Arcade
- Lapps (Twitter subscription to latest Lapps)
- Satoshi’s Price (Fiat to Satoshi Conversion site)
- Light Tube (Lightning Powered Video Uploads)
- Proof of Plays (Lightning Powered Music Uploads and Listening)
- LightSpot (Buy and sell mobile internet with Lightning on Android)
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Lightning Video Library
- Misconceptions about Lightning Network
- Lightning Network Scaling
- Lightning Network Interoperability
- Lightning Network Game Theory
- Lightning, Fees, and Censorship Resistance
- Lightning’s Security Model
- Chaincode Labs Lightning Residency Playlist
- Bitcoin Lightning Network Hackday NYC
- Lightning and the Importance of Layer Two with Elizabeth Stark
- How to Broadcast Your Data via Blockstream Satellite
- Onion Routing on the Lightning Network Explained
- Bolt-A-Thon: World’s First Online Lightning Network Conference and Hackathon
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Lightning Related Podcast Episodes
- Lightning Hood Live (YouTube Livestream reviewing latest advancements in Bitcoin and LN) New
- Let’s Talk Bitcoin! #389 (Revisiting Lightning Part 1)
- Let’s Talk Bitcoin! #390 (Revisiting Lightning Part 2)
- SLP54 (with Justin Camarena of Bitrefill)
- SLP52 (with Jack Dorsey and Elizabeth Stark)
- The Lite Podcast (with Joost Jager on LN Routing and Hodl Invoices)
- Fun with Crypto Podcast S2 Ep. 5
- SLP48 (with Nicolas Dorier of BTCPay)
- Bitcoin & Co Podcast #011 (with René Pickhardt)
- Unhashed Podcast Ep. 13 (with Paypod)
- SLP42 (with Adam Back, CEO of Blockstream)
- Noded 0.36.0 (with Olaoluwa Osuntokun and Conner Fromknecht)
- Cryptoconomy Podcast (with the LightningHood team and Moneda)
- Noded 0.33.0 (with Lisa Neigut, Christian Decker, and Rusty Russell)
- SLP39 (with Olaoluwa Osuntokun, CTO of Lightning Labs)
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Research & Thought Pieces
- From #reckless to Wumbology: Lightning Network’s Infrastructural Build Out (by Arjun Balaji)
- Bitcoin’s Lightning Network & Innovative Business Models (by Maximilian Boelstler)
- History of Bitcoin Infographic
- Lightning Watchtowers 101 (by Casa)
- Multi-Sig in Lightning (by Max Hillebrand)
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Related Lightning Resource List