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Lightning Network

Lightning Network

Production
State Channel Bitcoin Privacy

Lightning Network is a decentralized Layer 2 payment protocol on Bitcoin, enabling near-instant, low-fee transactions via bidirectional payment channels.

Technical Details
Liveness Status
Production
Consensus Mechanism
Proof of Work
Security Model
Bitcoin L1
Data Availability
User Managed
Bridge Mechanism
None
External Links
Lightning Network
https://x.com/Lightning
Lightning Network Website
https://lightning.network
Lightning Network White Paper
https://lightning.network/lightning-network-paper.pdf
BIP-0141
https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0141.mediawiki
Metadata
Slug
lightning
Category
Bitcoin Scaling
Secondary Category
Bitcoin Privacy