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 / 4744474by 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 / 2556255by 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 / 4445444by wizard_2016Feb 28, 2026, 02:13 AMLightning and L2s? Not Bitcoin at all.
Started by greg365 · Feb 8, 2026, 11:07 PM · 21 / 42721427by ben.matrixFeb 16, 2026, 06:47 AMCame 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 / 45524455by ben.matrixApr 13, 2024, 04:36 AMI 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 / 36136by 0xChadJul 15, 2022, 10:31 AMI really believe in the potential of the Lightning Network, especially Ryan Fugger’s original idea of multihop payments. Imagine if every user acted…
Started by cipher_2015 · Oct 21, 2017, 04:05 PM · 8 / 3408340by cipher_2015Oct 22, 2017, 02:02 PMHey guys, Not sure if this is the right spot but here goes. I’ve been into Bitcoin for a while now but still figuring out Lightning. Recently set up…
Started by wilddefi · Aug 30, 2017, 02:40 PM · 3 / 3343334by gang2015Aug 30, 2017, 10:54 PMThis thread is self-moderated, so let's keep it focused on Lightning node experiences and implementations. Feel free to ask questions too.
Started by CryptoAtlas · Jan 3, 2017, 05:57 AM · 21 / 17821178by ben.matrixJan 14, 2017, 10:33 PMI’m pretty new to Lightning and heard it’s better for privacy. Can you actually un-KYC your bitcoins using Lightning? Or is Monero still the better…
Started by ju5t_4pe · Jan 8, 2017, 03:52 PM · 21 / 16721167by ben.matrixJan 14, 2017, 12:09 AM