Mastering the Lightning Network (Paperback)

class"celwidget" data-cel-widget"extraProductInfoTxtBookFeatureGroup" data-csa-c-id"mzq4xx-zayf1d-1hay0e-rfkeku" data-feature-name"extraProductInfoTxtBookFeatureGroup" id"extraProductInfoTxtBookFeatureGroup" style'box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(15, 17, 17); font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;'class"a-row" style"box-sizing: border-box; width: 965.781px;"class"a-section" style"box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0px;"The Lightning Network (LN) is a rapidly growing second-layer payment protocol that works on top of Bitcoin to provide near-instantaneous transactions between two parties. With this practical guide, authors Andreas M. Antonopoulos, Olaoluwa Osuntokun, and Rene Pickhardt explain how this advancement will enable the next level of scale for Bitcoin, increasing speed and privacy while reducing fees.class"celwidget" data-cel-widget"bookDescription_feature_div" data-csa-c-id"ug0ikc-17belq-h0uqty-epwf6x" data-feature-name"bookDescription" id"bookDescription_feature_div" style'box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; width: 965.781px; color: rgb(15, 17, 17); font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 10px !important;'aria-live"polite" class"a-expander-collapsed-height a-row a-expander-container a-spacing-base a-expander-partial-collapse-container" data-a-expander-collapsed-height"140" data-a-expander-name"book_description_expander" style"box-sizing: border-box; width: 965.781px; margin-bottom: 12px !important; overflow: hidden; position: relative; max-height: none; height: auto;"aria-expanded"true" class"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded" style"box-sizing: border-box; overflow: hidden; position: relative; padding-bottom: 20px;"style"box-sizing: border-box;" "box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px; margin: -4px 0px 14px;"Ideal for developers, systems architects, investors, and entrepreneurs looking to gain a better understanding of LN, this book demonstrates why experts consider LN a critical solution to Bitcoin's scalability problem. You'll learn how LN has the potential to support far more transactions than today's financial networks. "box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px; margin: -4px 0px 14px;"This book examines: