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Yes, the spec is open and contributed to by the main implementations, all open source. https://github.com/lightning/bolts https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd https://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning https://github.com/ACINQ/eclair…

comment by thinkmassive · 2024-07-16 · in L402: The Missing Piece in the Internet's Payment Infrastructure

…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...

comment by csumtin · 2023-07-27 · in Smart Contract Security Field Guide

…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...

comment by derangedHorse · 2022-09-23 · in Chainalysis: A startup that helps governments trace crypto

…capacity in each direction, which would be both a massive data leak and uselessly spam the network https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lightning-rfc/blob/maste... See also: https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/a/80830

comment by nullc · 2020-01-07 · in The senatorial governance of Bitcoin: making (de)centralized money

…[3]: https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/ [4]: https://github.com/lightninglabs/neutrino [5]: https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lightning-rfc/

comment by roasbeef · 2018-07-03 · in Ask HN: Who is hiring? (July 2018)

…in the areas listed above, and some relevant work you've done. [1]: http://lightning.network/ [2]: https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lightning-rfc/ [3]: https://github.com/roasbeef/ , https://twitter.com/roasbeef [4]:…

comment by roasbeef · 2018-06-01 · in Ask HN: Who is hiring? (June 2018)

…in the areas listed above, and some relevant work you've done. [1]: http://lightning.network/ [2]: https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lightning-rfc/ [3]: https://github.com/roasbeef/ , https://twitter.com/roasbeef [4]:…

comment by roasbeef · 2018-05-10 · in Ask HN: Who is hiring? (May 2018)

…in the areas listed above, and some relevant work you've done. [1]: http://lightning.network/ [2]: https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lightning-rfc/ [3]: https://github.com/roasbeef/ , https://twitter.com/roasbeef [4]:…

comment by roasbeef · 2018-04-05 · in Ask HN: Who is hiring? (April 2018)

…in the areas listed above, and some relevant work you've done. [1]: http://lightning.network/ [2]: https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lightning-rfc/ [3]: https://github.com/roasbeef/ , https://twitter.com/roasbeef [4]:…

comment by roasbeef · 2018-03-01 · in Ask HN: Who is hiring? (March 2018)

…those are always pay-to-witness-script-hash transactions, so they don't even work without segwit: https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lightning-rfc/blob/maste... > current argument there will be too much competition for nodes hence people…

comment by keymone · 2018-03-01 · in Show HN: Lightning Network Search and Analysis Engine

…4. https://github.com/ACINQ/eclair 5. https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Hashed_Timelock_Contracts 6. https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lightning-rfc

comment by tlrobinson · 2018-03-01 · in Show HN: Lightning Network Search and Analysis Engine

Sure. - Onion Routing Protocol: https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lightning-rfc/blob/maste... - P2P Node and Channel Discovery https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lightning-rfc/blob/maste... This repo contains specs for a lot of parts of…

comment by kbody · 2018-02-04 · in Bitcoin has a huge scaling problem–Lightning could be the solution

…in the areas listed above, and some relevant work you've done. [1]: http://lightning.network/ [2]: https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lightning-rfc/ [3]: https://github.com/roasbeef/ , https://twitter.com/roasbeef [4]:…

comment by roasbeef · 2018-02-02 · in Ask HN: Who is hiring? (February 2018)

…docker commands away from trying it out yourself[4] [0] https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd [1] https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lightning-rfc [2] https://github.com/lightninglabs/neutrino [3] https://blog.lightning.engineering/asset…

comment by nikcub · 2018-01-24 · in Ending Bitcoin Support

…in the areas listed above, and some relevant work you've done. [1]: http://lightning.network/ [2]: https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lightning-rfc/ [3]: https://github.com/roasbeef/ , https://twitter.com/roasbeef [4]:…

comment by roasbeef · 2017-12-07 · in Ask HN: Who is hiring? (December 2017)

…in the areas listed above, and some relevant work you've done. [1]: http://lightning.network/ [2]: https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lightning-rfc/ [3]: https://github.com/roasbeef/ , https://twitter.com/roasbeef [4]:…

comment by roasbeef · 2017-11-01 · in Ask HN: Who is hiring? (November 2017)

…2: https://github.com/ACINQ/eclair 3: https://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning 4: https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lightning-rfc

comment by Flowdalic · 2017-10-07 · in The Bitcoin Apocalypse Is Coming in Mid-November

…in the areas listed above, and some relevant work you've done. [1]: http://lightning.network/ [2]: https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lightning-rfc/ [3]: https://github.com/roasbeef/ , https://twitter.com/roasbeef [4]:…

comment by roasbeef · 2017-10-02 · in Ask HN: Who is hiring? (October 2017)

…in the areas listed above, and some relevant work you've done. [1]: http://lightning.network/ [2]: https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lightning-rfc/ [3]: https://github.com/roasbeef/ , https://twitter.com/roasbeef [4]:…

comment by roasbeef · 2017-09-03 · in Ask HN: Who is hiring? (September 2017)

…groups of developers in different languages under the same protocol specification [0]. [0] https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lightning-rfc

comment by nadaviv · 2017-08-16 · in Announcing Blockstream Satellite

…take off, and that will most likely happen via the channels as described in the lightning docs. [1] https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lightning-rfc/blob/maste... Edit: If you're not familiar with lightning, you should read up on it. The…

comment by gtrubetskoy · 2017-07-27 · in Bitcoin Cash: Why It's Forking the Blockchain and What That Means

…fact that the largest contributor to the specification is a Blockstream employee (Rustee Russell), https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lightning-rfc/graphs/con...

comment by julian_1 · 2017-07-13 · in Bitcoin – Potential Network Disruption on July 31st