aantonop: Bitcoin Q&A: A Lightning Network Description for the Non-Technical Featured

  • Thursday, 30 July 2020 15:00
00:00 The Lightning Network is not a sidechian, it's an overlay network. 00:50 Lightning payments are Bitcoin payments. 01:49 The blockchain features necessary for Lightning, multi-sig and timelocks. 02:35 How the Lightning Network is setup. Funding transactions. 03:50 What is a payment channel? 04:42 Lightning local and remote balances. 05:31 Offchain transactions 08:43 Routing payments on the Lightning Network 10:30 Lightning is a trustless, non-custodial network 11:13 Lightning routing fees 11:42 Lightning Network overview summary What is the Lightning Network doing? How does it function? In this video Andreas walks through what's happening on the Lightning Network, all in a non-technical fashion. From funding transactions, to channels, routing, fees, security and trustlessness, this clip will give you a good overview of what's happening! This question is from the bonus live-stream on Lightning, 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 Related Videos:  Bitcoin Q&A: Can Bitcoin Get Stuck & Lost in a Lightning Channel? - https://youtu.be/ofUnuose2r8 Bitcoin Q&A: Why Does Bitcoin Need a Second Layer? - https://youtu.be/fYv0qvPOX2U Learn more about becoming a Community Builder: https://patreon.com/aantonop  *** Socials, Books, & More ***  Website: https://aantonop.com  Twitter: https://twitter.com/aantonop  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AndreasMAntonopoulos Insta: https://www.instagram.com/amantonop/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aantonop/ Amazon Author: http://www.amazon.com/-/e/B00MVAG8Z8  Audible: https://www.audible.com/author/Andreas-M-Antonopoulos/B00MVAG8Z8 Music: "Unbounded" by Orfan (https://twitter.com/grassfedbitcoin) Don't forget to SUBSCRIBE to this YouTube channel and select the bell ? for notifications.  Thanks for watching! Join the aantonop Channel: https://aantonop.io/joinaantonopyt

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