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Single board computers is a more specific term for raspberry pis (at least from my perspective) this can help the user find these devices on a search engine more easily. These devices are usually ARM based and significantly cheaper (slower too). I think Mini PC usually refers to x86 (AKA something that can run windows without too much fuss) based computers. These lines are really blurry and not very important but I think using these terms will help newcomers search for these devices online more quickly. I also removed specific prices and sizes of things, since these always change. If they really want to run bitcoin they will quickly find out how large it is and every time it gets mentioned it needs to be qualified with a date. Removed the caveat that you need an external storage device, since that's subject to the configuration of the node. Added a note to be careful with SD cards, since if not configured properly can be easily bricked. |
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Mastering the Lightning Network
About
Mastering the Lightning Network is an O'Reilly Media book, due for publication in Q2'2021, and announced in August 2019 by authors Andreas M. Antonopoulos (@aantonop), Olaoluwa Osuntokun (@roasbeef), Rene Pickhardt (@renepickhardt).
The book describes the Lightning Network (LN), a Peer-to-Peer protocol running on top of Bitcoin and other blockchains, which provides near-instant, secure, micro-payments.
The book is suitable for technical readers with an understanding of the fundamentals of Bitcoin and other open blockchains.
Status
The current status of the book is "IN PROGRESS". See below for status of specific chapters and read the contribution guide to learn how and where to contribute.
Legend
- 🔃 LIVE EDITS - Continuously changing: Submit focused/small Issues and PRs
- 🔍 REVIEW - Ready for review: Submit Issues and PRs as needed
- 🔏 EARLY DRAFT - In progress, changing often: Submit issues only, NO PRs or fixes
- 📑 OUTLINE - Rough outline - Please contribute! PRs welcome.
- 💭 PLANNED - Planned section - Do nothing yet.
Section | Length (Word Count) | Status |
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Preface and Acknowledgments | #### | 🔃 |
Glossary | ############## | 🔃 |
Introduction | ###### | 🔍 |
Getting Started | ############ | 🔍 |
LN Basics (How LN Works) | ########################### | 🔍 |
Nodes (LN Clients) | #################### | 🔍 |
Operating a Node | ############################ | 🔍 |
PART 2 | PART 2 | PART2 |
Intro to LN Routing (HTLCs) | #################### | 🔏 |
Channel Construction in Detail | ########### | 🔏 |
Channel operation with HTLCs and Statemachine | ###### | 🔏 |
Payment Path Finding | ############### | 🔏 |
P2P Communication | ### | 📑 |
Channel Graph and Gossip Layer | ### | 📑 |
End-to-End Payment Presentation Layer | ### | 📑 |
Lightning Applications (LApps) | # | 💭 |
LN's Future | # | 💭 |
Total Word Count: 89705
Target Word Count: 100,000-120,000
Contributing
The authors welcome contributions to this book! Read the Guide to Contributing
Source and license
Mastering the Lightning Network is released under the Creative Commons CC-BY-NC-ND license, which allows sharing the source code for personal use only. You may read this book for free. You may not create derivatives (such as PDF copies), or distribute the book commercially. The full terms of the license can be found here:
Mastering the Lightning Network by Andreas M. Antonopoulos, Olaoluwa Osuntokun, Rene Pickhardt is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.
It is expected that the book will be released under a more permissive CC-BY-SA license within a year of publication.