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@ -249,8 +249,11 @@ Lightning Network, Lightning Network Protocol, Lightning Protocol::
Other components of the Lightning Network are the gossip protocol, the transport layer, and payment requests.
The source code is available at https://github.com/lightningnetwork.
Lightning Network Node, Lightning Node, node::
TBD.
Lightning Network Node, Lightning Node::
A participant on the Lightning Network.
A Lightning user will run Lightning node software in order to interact with other Lightning nodes.
Lightning nodes have the ability to open channels with other nodes, send and receive payments, and route payments from other users.
Typically a Lightning node user will also run a Bitcoin node.
lnd::
Implementation of the Lightning Network Protocol by the San Francisco based company https://lightning.engineering[Lightning Labs].