Mastering the Lightning Network

Mastering the Lightning Network is a technical book by O’Reilly Media, about the Lightning Network (LN), a protocol layer that runs on top of bitcoin and other open blockchains to provide near-instant, cheap and secure payments. 

The book was announced on August 28th 2019 as a collaboration between Andreas M. Antonopoulos, Olaoluwa Osuntokun (roasbeef) and René Pickhardt. 

Mastering the Lightning Network was published in December 2021.

As an open-source book, Mastering the Lightning Network will be free to read and share from the very first sentence. A year after publication the license becomes even more open, allowing derivative and commercial use of all the content.

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