TY - BOOK AU - Antonpoulos AU - Andreas M. Antonopoulos, Olaoluwa Osuntokun, Rene Pickhardt . TI - Mastering The Lightning Network: a second layer blockchain protocol for instant bitcoin payments SN - 9789355420596 U1 - 004.678 PY - 2021/// CY - USA PB - O'Reilly, Cambridge KW - Computer Science , Bitcoin Blockchains (Databases) ChaƮnes de blocs Electronic funds transfers N1 - Reprint Dec 2021 N2 - The Lightning Network (LN) is a rapidly growing second-layer payment protocol that works on top of Bitcoin to provide near-instantaneous transactions between two parties. With this practical guide, authors Andreas M. Antonopoulos, Olaoluwa Osuntokun, and Rene Pickhardt explain how this advancement will enable the next level of scale for Bitcoin, increasing speed and privacy while reducing fees ER -