Lightning Network

• Lightning Network - Bitcoin Layer-2 payment channel network for instant off-chain transactions
• Lightning Labs - Company building Lightning infrastructure (LND, Loop, Pool, Taproot Assets)
• LND v0.20 - Latest LND release with sqlite/postgres channel graph, enhanced gossip rate limits (December 2025)
• Core Lightning (CLN) - Blockstream’s Lightning implementation in C
• LND - Lightning Network Daemon by Lightning Labs
• Eclair - ACINQ’s Scala Lightning implementation
• LDK - Lightning Development Kit — modular library for building Lightning nodes
• BOLT Specifications - Basis of Lightning Technology protocol specifications
• BOLT 2: Peer Protocol - Channel management spec covering v2 channels, dual funding, and splicing
• BOLT 12: Offers - Recurring payments, refunds, and more flexible invoiceless payment flows
• Lightning Loop - Non-custodial submarine swaps between Lightning and on-chain
• Lightning Pool - Marketplace for Lightning channel leases
• Mutiny Wallet - Tiny Lightning node that runs in the browser via WASM
• Phoenix - Self-custodial Lightning wallet with BOLT 12 support
• BOLT 12 Tracker - Track BOLT 12 adoption across wallets and Lightning implementations
• Twelve Cash - BOLT 12 offers with human-readable usernames via DNS for Core Lightning
• Lightning Node Comparison - Detailed comparison of LND vs CLN vs LDK vs Eclair

Discreet Log Contracts (DLCs)

• DLC.spec - Discreet Log Contracts specification
• DLCs on Lightning - Original paper by Tadge Dryja (2018)
• DLC.Link - DLC infrastructure for decentralized Bitcoin derivatives
• DLC Markets - Bitcoin-native derivatives platform using DLCs
• gaborbudiao/dlc-oracle - Oracle implementation for DLC attestations
• cryptogarageinc/dlc-spec - DLC reference implementation and tools

Lightning Privacy

• BOLT 4: Onion Routing - Sphinx-based onion routing for Lightning payments
• Route Blinding (BOLT 4) - Recipient privacy via blinded paths
• Lightning Privacy Handbook - Comprehensive guide to Lightning privacy practices

Lightning Splicing & Swaps

• LND Liquidity Ads Issue - Tracking native dual-funded channel / liquidity ads support in LND
• Lightning Splicing - YouTube explanation of Lightning splicing by Dusty Daemon
• Boltz Exchange - Atomic non-custodial swaps between Lightning and other Bitcoin layers
• Boltz USDT Swaps - Atomic USDT swaps for Lightning (March 2026)