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Lightning Network Daemon ⚡️

39 mentions on Hacker News by 25 people: 2 stories, 37 comments · first 2016-07-14 · latest 2024-07-16

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  1. …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
  2. The 'reference' implementation of the protocol, https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd is still in beta, with warnings about how users could lose all their money. AFAIK, there's no stable/reliable software out there. And don't forget,…
    comment by joosters · 2022-07-13 · in The Lightning Network: Turning Bitcoin into Money
  3. Have you tested it by using real BTC? I just read from lnd's documentation (here : https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/blob/master/docs/saf... ) that "As of this writing , lnd is still in beta and it is considered #reckless to put any…
    comment by altilunium · 2021-08-08 · in Show HN: Agora: Sell Files on the Web
  4. …in beta and it is considered #reckless to put any life altering amounts of BTC into the network." https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/blob/master/docs/saf...
    comment by altilunium · 2021-08-08 · in Show HN: Agora: Sell Files on the Web
  5. …for you in case it sees it. I'd be surprised if a service like LN_Strike didn't start using these. https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/blob/master/docs/wat...
    comment by marcinjachymiak · 2021-06-09 · in El Salvador makes Bitcoin legal tender
  6. …variable payer-initiated payments while from the payee side you can show the same static QR code: https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/pull/3795 I didn't check if all Lightning clients already support it, but I think most do.
    comment by PhilippGille · 2021-05-09 · in Show HN: I made a fun real-time visualization of Bitcoin network activity
  7. …the backend to get the pruned, but still needed by lnd, transactions - and the work is happening: https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/pull/5154
    comment by sennight · 2021-05-03 · in Bitcoin Core: Bitcoin Core 0.21.1 released with Taproot activation code
  8. …>I'm sure people use it, but the developers are very clear that it it is not to be trusted: https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/blob/master/docs/saf ... says that it is 'considered reckless to put any life altering amounts of BTC into…
    comment by gruez · 2021-04-23 · in Police search cryptocurrency trading firm after Turks say they were scammed
  9. …are a difficult problem, are mostly elided in the documents so far) The main lightning daemon, https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd is still beta , with plenty of warnings in the docs about shortcomings and potential loss of funds. I'm…
    comment by joosters · 2021-04-23 · in Police search cryptocurrency trading firm after Turks say they were scammed
  10. …noting that the user also deliberately went against various UI warnings that funds may be lost. https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/issues/2468
    comment by CraigRood · 2020-05-23 · in Ask HN: What startup/technology is on your 'to watch' list?
  11. ▲ 130
    Launch HN: Sparkswap (YC S18) – Buy Bitcoin Instantly over the Lightning Network
    story by tg3 · 2019-09-19 · 81 comments
  12. …- https://github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs - https://github.com/textileio/go-textile - https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd to name a few other projects.
    comment by mewwts · 2019-03-23 · in Qri: A global dataset version control system built on the distributed web
  13. …[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightning_Network [2]: https://twitter.com/roasbeef [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)
  14. …[3]: https://github.com/roasbeef/ , https://twitter.com/roasbeef [4]: https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/ [5]: https://github.com/lightninglabs/neutrino
    comment by roasbeef · 2018-06-01 · in Ask HN: Who is hiring? (June 2018)
  15. …[3]: https://github.com/roasbeef/ , https://twitter.com/roasbeef [4]: https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/ [5]: https://github.com/lightninglabs/neutrino
    comment by roasbeef · 2018-05-10 · in Ask HN: Who is hiring? (May 2018)
  16. > not helping at all with Lightening Network. wrong, look here, jimpo is working for coinbase: https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/graphs/contributors
    comment by iso-8859-1 · 2018-04-06 · in Coinbase Ventures
  17. some actual results: jimpo is working at coinbase: https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/graphs/contributors
    comment by iso-8859-1 · 2018-04-06 · in Coinbase Ventures
  18. …[3]: https://github.com/roasbeef/ , https://twitter.com/roasbeef [4]: https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/ [5]: https://github.com/lightninglabs/neutrino
    comment by roasbeef · 2018-04-05 · in Ask HN: Who is hiring? (April 2018)
  19. …[3]: https://github.com/roasbeef/ , https://twitter.com/roasbeef [4]: https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/ [5]: https://github.com/lightninglabs/neutrino
    comment by roasbeef · 2018-03-01 · in Ask HN: Who is hiring? (March 2018)
  20. …else can create an implementation of it. Several other companies have created clients like LND ( https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd ) - probably more popular than clightning. > How do we know that there isn't an easy backdoor that…
    comment by glebedel · 2018-03-01 · in Show HN: Lightning Network Search and Analysis Engine
  21. …wiki/Payment_channels#Nakamoto_high-fr... 2. https://lightning.network/lightning-network-paper.pdf 3. https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd 4. https://github.com/ACINQ/eclair 5. https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Hashed_Timelock_Contracts 6.…
    comment by tlrobinson · 2018-03-01 · in Show HN: Lightning Network Search and Analysis Engine
  22. …probably there may be changes I imagine. As for code, one of the implementations, LND (Go): https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/tree/master/routing but there are at least 3 other implementations in the works.…
    comment by kbody · 2018-02-04 · in Bitcoin has a huge scaling problem–Lightning could be the solution
  23. …[3]: https://github.com/roasbeef/ , https://twitter.com/roasbeef [4]: https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/ [5]: https://github.com/lightninglabs/neutrino
    comment by roasbeef · 2018-02-02 · in Ask HN: Who is hiring? (February 2018)
  24. …from being vaporware - you're only a few 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…
    comment by nikcub · 2018-01-24 · in Ending Bitcoin Support
  25. …is vaporware, but there are currently three implementations that pass the integration tests: https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd https://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning https://github.com/ACINQ/eclair…
    comment by jerdfelt · 2017-12-16 · in MobileCoin: A New Cryptocurrency from Moxie Marlinspike
  26. The Lightning Network is apparently live: https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/issues/468 The title makes you less confident, the comment: > At any given point, we may be sending an additional satoshi to miner's fees. This is a result…
    comment by philipwhiuk · 2017-12-10 · in A beginner’s guide to getting started in the cryptocurrency world
  27. …[3]: https://github.com/roasbeef/ , https://twitter.com/roasbeef [4]: https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/ [5]: https://github.com/lightninglabs/neutrino
    comment by roasbeef · 2017-12-07 · in Ask HN: Who is hiring? (December 2017)
  28. …[3]: https://github.com/roasbeef/ , https://twitter.com/roasbeef [4]: https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/ [5]: https://github.com/lightninglabs/neutrino
    comment by roasbeef · 2017-11-01 · in Ask HN: Who is hiring? (November 2017)
  29. …it vaporware. Yes, there are unsurprisingly open questions. But nothing which can't be solved. 1: https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd 2: https://github.com/ACINQ/eclair 3: https://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning 4:…
    comment by Flowdalic · 2017-10-07 · in The Bitcoin Apocalypse Is Coming in Mid-November
  30. …[3]: https://github.com/roasbeef/ , https://twitter.com/roasbeef [4]: https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/ [5]: https://github.com/lightninglabs/neutrino
    comment by roasbeef · 2017-10-02 · in Ask HN: Who is hiring? (October 2017)
  31. …on LN: * https://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning * https://github.com/acquia/lightning * https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd
    comment by VMG · 2017-09-20 · in Bitcoin has died 166 times, so far
  32. …[3]: https://github.com/roasbeef/ , https://twitter.com/roasbeef [4]: https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/ [5]: https://github.com/lightninglabs/neutrino
    comment by roasbeef · 2017-09-03 · in Ask HN: Who is hiring? (September 2017)
  33. ▲ 1
    Announcing the Release of v0.3-alpha of the Lightning Network Daemon
    story by Frogolocalypse · 2017-08-24 · 1 comment
  34. …closely. Couple additions: - there are a few lightning implementations already out there (see https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd ), three I believe, and they have worked on being interoperable. Getting segwit activated was a big…
    comment by nicpottier · 2017-08-16 · in Announcing Blockstream Satellite
  35. …* Eclair: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=fr.acinq.eclai... * lnd: https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd * lightning-c: https://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning Do these projects have the nicest UX? No. Is it fairly tri
    comment by colatkinson · 2017-07-27 · in Bitcoin Cash: Why It's Forking the Blockchain and What That Means
  36. …network might be a vaporware. Literally nobody is using it, since it does not exist. it does exist, https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd and http://lightning.community/release/software/lnd/lightning/20... and other implementations of…
    comment by kanzure · 2017-07-17 · in Bitcoin Is Having a Civil War as It Enters a Critical Month
  37. …http://lightning.network/ [2]: https://github.com/roasbeef/ , https://twitter.com/roasbeef [3]: https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/
    comment by roasbeef · 2017-03-02 · in Ask HN: Who is hiring? (March 2017)
  38. …username/password to make onboarding seamless (you paid? you're done!). We're working on code here: http://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd It's MIT licenced and will soon have some pretty simple APIs to use. Of course, since this stuff…
    comment by josephpoon · 2016-07-14 · in Lightning Network: Scalable, Instant Bitcoin/Blockchain Transactions
  39. …ever make one. In fact, it's designed to work in a scale-free network topology. You can find it at https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd
    comment by josephpoon · 2016-07-14 · in Lightning Network: Scalable, Instant Bitcoin/Blockchain Transactions