Added reference to Bitcoin Fundamentals review appendix

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Andreas M. Antonopoulos 4 years ago
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@ -10,6 +10,19 @@ If you have experience in computer science, cryptography, Bitcoin, and protocol
If you are less experienced, this chapter shall give you a good enough overview so you will have an easier time understanding the formal protocol specifications, known as BOLTs (Basis of Lightning Technology).
In case you are a beginner, this chapter will help you better understand the technical chapters of the book.
If you need a refresher on the fundamentals of Bitcoin, you can find a summary review of the following topics in <<bitcoin_fundamentals_review>>:
* Keys and addresses
* Hash functions
* Digital signatures
* Transaction structure
* Transaction inputs and outputs
* Transaction chaining
* Bitcoin script
* Multsignature addresses and scripts
* Timelocks
* Complex scripts
We'll start with a one sentence definition of what the Lightning Network (LN) is and break it down in the remainder of this chapter.
**The Lightning Network (LN) is a peer-to-peer network of _payment channels_ implemented as smart contracts on the _Bitcoin blockchain_ as well as a communication protocol that defines how participants set up and execute these smart contracts**

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