Merge pull request #399 from rene78/develop

Minor changes in chapter 2 - Getting started
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Andreas M. Antonopoulos 4 years ago committed by GitHub
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=== Lightning Explorer
A Lightning network explorer is an useful tool to show the statistics of nodes, channels and network capacity.
A Lightning network explorer is a useful tool to show the statistics of nodes, channels and network capacity.
The below is an inexhaustive list (in alphanumerical order):
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In other words: Alice needs one or more channels that connects her to one or more other nodes on the Lightning Network. She doesn't need a channel to connect her wallet directly to Bob's Cafe in order to send Bob a payment, though she can choose to open a direct channel too. Any node in the Lightning Network can be used for Alice's first channel. The more well-connected a node is the more people Alice can reach. In this example, since we want to also demonstrate payment routing, we won't have Alice open a channel directly to Bob's wallet. Instead, we will have Alice open a channel to a well-connected node and then later use that node to forward her payment, routing it through any other nodes as necessary to reach Bob.
At first, there are no open channels, so as we see in <<eclair-tutorial2.png>>, the "LIGHTNING CHANNELS" tab displays an empty list. If you notice, on the bottom right corner, there is a plus symbol (+), which is a button to open a new channel.
At first, there are no open channels, so as we see in <<eclair-channels>>, the "LIGHTNING CHANNELS" tab displays an empty list. If you notice, on the bottom right corner, there is a plus symbol (+), which is a button to open a new channel.
[[eclair-channels]]
.Lightning Channels Tab

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