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Steps to being good at Lightning routing by Alex Bosworth

1. Run your node consistently 2. Fill underserved routing demand 3. Avoid assigning too-much capacity 4. Don’t assign very narrow capacity 5. Pay attention to channel activity 6. Keep your node up-to-date 7. Set fees above the chain cost

— Alex Bosworth ☇ (@alexbosworth) July 27, 2018

The Bitcoin Standard Podcast Presents Saifedean Ammous Live in Vienna (Podcast)

This podcast covers a history of money and the new Bitcoin Standard.

The Bitcoin Standard Podcast Presents Saifedean Ammous Live in Vienna

Jul 12, 2018, 1 hr 37 min

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Install Lightning Charge c-lightning API on the lightning network

Install Lightning Charge c-lightning REST and web-socket application programmer interface (API).

The Lightning Charge API enables existing LApps and developers to add lightning payment features to web sites, apps, blogs and so on.

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Bitcoin (BTC) Security and Privacy Consultation

Two, one hour sessions of remote voice support related specifically to the security and privacy of bitcoin in production.

Bitcoin is an experimental digital currency that enables instant payments to anyone, anywhere in the world. Bitcoin uses peer-to-peer technology to operate with no central authority: managing transactions and issuing money are carried out collectively by the network. Bitcoin…

What is the Lightning Network, a video by Jimmy Song

In this excellent video, Jimmy explains the Lightning Network in under five minutes.

What is the Lightning Network?: https://t.co/7WFH15ITaQ via @YouTube

— Jimmy Song (송재준) (@jimmysong) July 13, 2018

Make a lightning network payment from the command line and analyze the payment

Create a lightning invoice, pay the invoice and analyze the payment. (more…)

Connect to a lightning network peer, fund a lightning network channel, display confirmations and a lot more

Show open lightning channel funds, and available lightning channel funds. Choose an amount of bitcoin to open a lightning channel. Connect to a lightning peer. Fund a lightning channel. Monitor the number of bitcoin confirmations as a block confirming the transaction is mined and confirmed. Start earning payment-relay fees, in milli-satoshi, a tiny amount of Bitcoin. (more…)

Install and update, configure and use a Lightning Network node

Install and update a lightning network node. Monitor progress of the lightning node block count as it catches up to the bitcoin node block count.

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