[Lightning-dev] Opening channels with neighbors for cost/connectivity benefit

Hello, The sender node doesn’t always have a route to the receiving node accepting lightning payments and since opening new channels is costly - I was wondering if there was a smarter way to open channels such that it increases the connectedness of the sender node with other nodes in the network

Re: [Lightning-dev] Can I try Lightning without running a fully-fledged bitcoin block chain?

Developers, On THIS note and slightly off-topic but relevant, why can't chunks of blockchain peel off the backend periodically and be archived, say on minimum of 150 computers across 7 continents? It seems crazy to continue adding on to an increasingly long chain to infinity if the old

[Lightning-dev] Lightning network implementation with ethereum

Dear Experts, Could you please let me know the implementation I could use with ethereum . With thanks and regards mahesh ___ Lightning-dev mailing list Lightning-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org

Re: [Lightning-dev] Can I try Lightning without running a fully-fledged bitcoin block chain?

You can try pruning, you will still have to validate the whole chain so it takes time, but you won't need to store all the blockchain on your disk. On 17 March 2018 at 10:02, Yubin Ruan wrote: > I just don't have so much space for a storing the whole blockchain on my >