Mastering Lightning Network: Protocol of the second-layer block chain for instant Bitcoin payments. Antonopulos A.N., Osuntokun O., Pichard R.

Lightning - a route network of payment channels that provides safe, cheap, fast Bitcoin payments with a high degree of privacy, even when it comes to small amounts. This book provides a review of the Lightning network, basic concepts that formed in its basis, and the principles of its work. Examples are illustrated in the GO, C ++, Python languages ​​and using the UNIX-like operating system command line.

The book is addressed to programmers who have an idea of ​​the basics of the Bitcoin system, but a number of chapters are available to a wide range of readers interested in block plugs.