Lightning & Layer 2
L2, channels, micropayments, scaling.
Just read the whitepaper about Einstein-Tiling for the Lightning Network. Sounds fancy but kinda lost me. Anyone got visuals on how nodes connect…
Started by hypergas · Jul 23, 2026, 04:13 PM · 4 / 8034803by dave.forkJul 23, 2026, 06:26 PMI’m really not into the latest Bitcoin opcodes, but here’s my thought: What if we had a hard-fork to make closing Lightning channels more…
Started by bull_maxi · May 4, 2026, 09:18 AM · 6 / 7166716by alexsatMay 5, 2026, 05:59 AMHey folks, I'm new to this and just set up my Lightning Node. I'm trying to open a channel, but my node shows as "Offline" in the Lightning Terminal.…
Started by raven100 · Feb 25, 2026, 05:04 PM · 5 / 7725772by wizard_2016Feb 28, 2026, 02:13 AMLightning and L2s? Not Bitcoin at all.
Started by greg365 · Feb 8, 2026, 11:07 PM · 21 / 97221972by ben.matrixFeb 16, 2026, 06:47 AMSo, I was thinking about how Lightning Network doesn’t really have a public balance like Bitcoin does. I mean, in regular blockchain, you can see…
Started by alexsat · May 3, 2025, 02:43 PM · 4 / 9154915by alexsatMay 4, 2025, 07:00 AMPeople think Lightning Network has no fees, but that's just not true. There are fees, and they can add up. Like, I did a transaction for 0.027BTC and…
Started by bridge_alt · Apr 5, 2025, 05:06 PM · 7 / 2837283by bridge_altApr 7, 2025, 01:24 PMSo, Ark's mainnet beta is live now. Anyone here actually using it? Would love to get some insights from you guys on how it's working out. Anyone see…
Started by wallet_proto · Apr 2, 2025, 11:48 AM · 1 / 6501650by GrimFarmApr 2, 2025, 04:20 PMCame across some tweets about the Lightning Network lately. I'm a long-time fan and have reported on its metrics before. Excited to dive back into it!
Started by b3n_farm · Mar 30, 2024, 05:17 PM · 24 / 86524865by ben.matrixApr 13, 2024, 04:36 AMCame across something interesting about Taro recently. Saw Micheal Saylor hype it at a conference. What's everyone think about this? Could it really…
Started by just_nonce · Feb 11, 2024, 08:05 PM · 20 / 70520705by ben.matrixFeb 22, 2024, 11:29 PMHey, so I have some questions about using Lightning in Electrum. Can I use the same seed for both my mobile and desktop versions? Is there any issue…
Started by token_maxi · Feb 17, 2024, 09:02 PM · 11 / 55311553by ben.matrixFeb 21, 2024, 01:44 AMSaw a convo about the Lightning Network being centralized. I tried to clarify what it really is but my post got deleted. So here I am starting fresh.…
Started by nova42 · Jan 20, 2024, 04:32 AM · 7 / 6047604by sat_s4geJan 23, 2024, 04:36 PMI’ve got two lightning nodes and neither can connect to lightning terminal. I keep seeing this error: "UNABLE TO FETCH SESSIONS lit is not ready for:…
Started by tom.chad · Jul 26, 2023, 06:30 PM · 1 / 8171817by wizard_2016Jul 26, 2023, 11:16 PMHey folks, I wanna sniff some traffic from the p2p Lightning Network and possibly analyze it with Wireshark or a similar program. The problem is, the…
Started by SwiftWizard · Aug 7, 2022, 03:19 PM · 6 / 4366436by SwiftWizardAug 10, 2022, 01:55 PMI need some help moving BTC. I thought it would be on a Ledger or something but they had it on a Sandisk with Electrum instead. I moved some sats to…
Started by alex_sat · Jul 15, 2022, 06:31 AM · 1 / 3051305by 0xChadJul 15, 2022, 10:31 AMHey guys, I’m kinda lost here. Just opened my first lightning channel in Electrum, and it was connected to 10 nodes or so. But now, after two days,…
Started by CryptoGang · Mar 29, 2022, 08:12 AM · 2 / 5392539by 0xChadMar 30, 2022, 07:22 AMI figured it out, can we just delete this? 😅
Started by WildWolf · Nov 24, 2021, 06:34 PM · 4 / 4884488by 0xChadNov 27, 2021, 11:16 AMHey everyone, I’m new to this whole bitcoin thing but I wanna try making payments using the Lightning Network with code. I mostly code in NodeJs and…
Started by nick_shard · Oct 10, 2020, 08:28 PM · 2 / 8612861by nick_shardOct 11, 2020, 12:09 AMHey guys, I've been diving into how the Lightning Network works, especially regarding channel balances and the asymmetries we see in the market. I'm…
Started by its_bridge · Sep 14, 2019, 09:04 PM · 3 / 6193619by j0hn.ga5Sep 18, 2019, 10:15 AMHey everyone, I'm kinda new to the Lightning Network. I just set up my node and want to create wallets for my family, not using TOR or VPN. I went…
Started by tom.chad · Apr 18, 2019, 02:54 AM · 6 / 3676367by 0xChadApr 18, 2019, 09:40 PMHow does the Lightning Network even work if one person is offline? Like, can the recipient still get their funds while they're not connected?
Started by madhawk · Mar 1, 2019, 06:54 AM · 2 / 3702370by CalmMinerMar 1, 2019, 08:47 AMI know the title sounds kinda silly... but hear me out. We’re talking about mass adoption, right? BTC is still banned in so many places... things…
Started by wagmi · Jan 27, 2019, 03:16 PM · 8 / 5198519by wagmiJan 28, 2019, 06:53 PMSo yeah, this is basically taking over that messy thread from before. Just wanted to focus on setting up testnet4.
Started by chris2016 · May 25, 2018, 01:34 AM · 9 / 4449444by nova2016May 27, 2018, 10:50 AMSo I just checked out this video: BTC007 chatting with Jack Mallers. The dude goes deep into the Lightning Network. What struck me was his point…
Started by AtomicFork · Mar 6, 2018, 12:09 PM · 5 / 6185618by probablynothingMar 7, 2018, 03:21 PMAnyone heard of Abstract? It's a Layer 2 Blockchain made by Igloo Inc. This company is responsible for Pudgy Penguins, one of the biggest crypto…
Started by 5tacks4ts · Mar 7, 2018, 01:21 PM · 0 / 6270627by 5tacks4tsMar 7, 2018, 01:21 PMI've been trying to make lightning payments to myself using different apps, my own node, and now Electrum but nothing is working. Phoenix keeps going…
Started by grimtoken · Jan 23, 2018, 04:07 PM · 6 / 3966396by lonealphaJan 28, 2018, 03:51 AM