Bitcoin Q&A: What Are the Most Exciting New Lightning Network Features?
Channel: aantonop
Date: 2020-05-12

David asks, "What Lightning Network features being developed today do you think are most exciting? Watch this video to learn more about watchtowers, trampoline routing, turbo channels, hodl invoices, submarine payments or submarine swaps, and more. 

Chapters
0:00 What are the most useful features being developed for the Lightning Network today?
0:53 Cheating transactions on a payment channel and how to prevent them with a penalty state
1:47 Watchtowers for lightning network transactions, so you can go offline
2:33 Trampoline routing for the lightning network allowing lightweight lightning clients
4:08 Dangers with trampoline nodes
4:20 Rendezvous routing, recipient tells you to route to a specific node, privacy technique
5:15 HODL invoices which don't expire
5:44 Turbo channels to push balance without receiving an invoice for liquidity
6:44 Submarine payments or submarine swaps

This question is from the bonus Q&A session on the Lightning Network, which took place on April 18th, 2020. If you want early-access to talks and a chance to ask questions in the monthly live Q&As with Andreas, become a Community Builder on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/aantonop

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Bitcoin Q&A: How does the Lightning Network affect users privacy? - https://youtu.be/89GJH4PgG6M
Bitcoin Q&A: What is rendezvous routing? - https://youtu.be/vnDiJJoPESo
Bitcoin Q&A: How do payment channels work? - https://youtu.be/DAuNlOfws0o
Announcing "Mastering the Lightning Network" - https://youtu.be/julWo8IJX_8

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