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build: update btcwallet with initial sync improvements
In this commit, we update our btcwallet dependency to point to the
latest version. This latest version redefines what the wallet will
consider as an initial sync. We'll now define it by determining if the
wallet has synced up to its birthday block, rather than looking at the
number of UTXOs in the wallet. This was needed, especially for light
clients, because it would cause unnecessary rescans to happen from the
wallet's birthday if the wallet had no UTXOs.
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.github docs: expand contributor checklist w/ commit structure 2018-12-19 17:02:25 -08:00
aezeed Fixup aezeed 2019-01-14 20:51:07 +01:00
autopilot Merge pull request #2405 from halseth/autopilot-weighted-heuristics-follow-up 2019-01-22 19:08:46 -08:00
brontide multi: sort import paths with gofmt 2018-08-02 18:20:49 -07:00
build build: bump version to 0.5.1 2018-11-15 19:47:13 -08:00
chainntnfs chainntnfs: dispatch block notification for current tip upon registration 2019-01-21 13:58:52 -08:00
channeldb lnwire+multi: define HasMaxHtlc helper on msgFlags 2019-01-22 08:42:30 +01:00
cmd/lncli cmd/lncli: add new --sweepall flag to sendcoins 2019-01-09 15:55:27 -08:00
contractcourt cnct: split resolvers in separate files 2019-01-16 20:03:59 +01:00
contrib contrib: add basic bash completion for lncli 2017-01-29 18:12:53 -08:00
discovery lnwire+multi: define HasMaxHtlc helper on msgFlags 2019-01-22 08:42:30 +01:00
docker enable btct and btcctl mainnet to be invoked from docker 2019-01-12 13:03:23 -06:00
docs docs: add new section to contribution guidelines for go mod replace 2019-01-17 16:50:06 -08:00
htlcswitch Merge pull request #2397 from halseth/reject-commitment-expected-fee-reset-bug 2019-01-14 17:06:27 -08:00
invoices invoices: create package 2019-01-07 23:04:05 +01:00
keychain keychain: extend DerivePrivKey to derive based on pubkey+KeyFamily 2019-01-04 14:41:41 -08:00
lncfg lncfg/address_test: test LNAddress parsing, refactor addr tests 2019-01-09 16:37:56 -08:00
lnpeer peer: make AddNewChannel take OpenChannel 2018-09-28 08:59:27 +02:00
lnrpc lnrpc/chainrpc: add ChainNotifier subserver registration driver 2019-01-21 14:01:22 -08:00
lntest lnd_test+lntest: seperate miner and chain backend 2019-01-16 10:10:22 +01:00
lnwallet funding+lnwallet: ensure max_htlc_value_in_flight smaller than capacity 2019-01-22 08:42:29 +01:00
lnwire lnwire+multi: define HasMaxHtlc helper on msgFlags 2019-01-22 08:42:30 +01:00
macaroons multi: switch from bolt packge to bbolt package for all imports 2018-11-29 20:33:49 -08:00
make make/testing_flags: remove unused PROD_TAGS 2018-11-30 15:20:49 -08:00
multimutex multimutex: add new multimutex package 2018-01-24 10:26:39 +01:00
nat nat: introduce new NAT traversal package with UPnP/NAT-PMP implementations 2018-06-12 18:36:27 -07:00
netann Merge pull request #2445 from cfromknecht/netann-logging 2019-01-11 10:45:29 +01:00
queue queue/queue_test: adds 100% test coverage 2018-12-03 13:58:25 -08:00
routing lnwire+multi: define HasMaxHtlc helper on msgFlags 2019-01-22 08:42:30 +01:00
shachain multi: sort import paths with gofmt 2018-08-02 18:20:49 -07:00
signal multi: init subsystem loggers via build pkg 2018-10-05 13:04:45 +09:00
sweep sweep: add unit tests for TestDetermineFeePerKw and CraftSweepAllTx 2019-01-09 15:55:28 -08:00
ticker ticker: fix linter error 2018-08-09 22:15:41 -07:00
tor Merge pull request #1856 from maurycy/typos 2018-09-27 20:38:10 -07:00
walletunlocker walletunlocker/service: change noencryptwallet reference to noseedbackup 2018-09-04 20:52:43 -07:00
watchtower watchtower/wtserver/server: return valid reward script 2019-01-17 22:19:28 -08:00
zpay32 multi: sort import paths with gofmt 2018-08-02 18:20:49 -07:00
.gitignore gitignore: ignore .minerlogs folder 2019-01-16 10:11:47 +01:00
.travis.yml travis: use make targets instead of chaining 2018-11-30 15:20:46 -08:00
breacharbiter_test.go multi: move CsvDelay into ChannelConstraints 2019-01-11 16:58:15 -08:00
breacharbiter.go lnwallet+sweep: extend the WitnessGenerator type to return an InputScript 2019-01-09 15:55:19 -08:00
chainparams.go test+lnd: update unit test mocks to adhere to new interface API's 2018-07-31 21:28:58 -07:00
chainregistry.go multi: update to latest ChainNotifier impl New method 2019-01-21 13:57:43 -08:00
chancloser.go chancloser: remove error returned from unregisterChannel 2018-08-10 11:42:25 -07:00
config.go config: add minbackoff to mirror maxbackoff 2019-01-04 14:05:28 -08:00
doc.go add some daemon related skeleton files 2015-12-26 00:09:17 -06:00
Dockerfile fix dockerfile dependency bug 2018-12-01 22:53:14 -06:00
fundingmanager_test.go fundingmanager_test: verify max HTLC in ChannelUpdates 2019-01-22 08:42:30 +01:00
fundingmanager.go fundingmanager: when funding new channels, set a default max htlc 2019-01-22 08:42:30 +01:00
go.mod build: update btcwallet with initial sync improvements 2019-01-22 19:53:33 -08:00
go.sum build: update btcwallet with initial sync improvements 2019-01-22 19:53:33 -08:00
LICENSE lnd: update copyright notice 2018-11-02 14:49:36 -07:00
lnd_test.go lnd_test: fix reorg test by using new Node RPC 2019-01-16 10:10:22 +01:00
lnd.go lnd+pilot: use WeightedCombAttachment 2019-01-21 09:44:38 +01:00
log.go config: add ChainRPC config 2019-01-21 14:02:00 -08:00
logo.png README: add logo to top portion of page 2017-09-29 14:06:31 -07:00
Makefile make: build lnd-itest before flakehunting 2019-01-17 14:40:20 +01:00
mock.go utxonursery: connect to time-based sweeper 2018-12-18 10:50:20 +01:00
nursery_store_test.go utxonursery: connect to time-based sweeper 2018-12-18 10:50:20 +01:00
nursery_store.go utxonursery: connect to time-based sweeper 2018-12-18 10:50:20 +01:00
peer_test.go htlcswitch: remove lnrpc dependency 2019-01-03 09:07:56 +01:00
peer.go multi: partition lnwire.ChanUpdateFlag into ChannelFlags and MessageFlags 2019-01-22 08:42:26 +01:00
pilot.go lnd+pilot: use WeightedCombAttachment 2019-01-21 09:44:38 +01:00
README.md server: properly set node pubkey within initTorController 2018-10-28 16:54:05 -07:00
release.sh build: update release.sh to contain vendor archive + source code 2019-01-17 23:40:11 -08:00
rpcserver.go Merge pull request #2460 from halseth/max-htlc-size-pickup 2019-01-22 18:54:38 -08:00
sample-lnd.conf Merge pull request #1108 from sangaman/sever-server 2018-09-27 22:23:45 -07:00
server_test.go Improved color validation - now with fixes and a table driven test 2018-11-09 03:09:39 +01:00
server.go server: set max htlc in ChannelUpdate createChannelUpdate 2019-01-22 08:42:29 +01:00
subrpcserver_config.go config: add ChainRPC config 2019-01-21 14:02:00 -08:00
test_utils.go multi: move CsvDelay into ChannelConstraints 2019-01-11 16:58:15 -08:00
utxonursery_test.go utxonursery: use mocked sweeper in tests 2018-12-19 14:14:53 +01:00
utxonursery.go utxonursery: fix bound variable bug 2018-12-21 09:29:26 +01:00
witness_beacon.go invoices: create package 2019-01-07 23:04:05 +01:00

Lightning Network Daemon

Build Status MIT licensed Irc Godoc

The Lightning Network Daemon (lnd) - is a complete implementation of a Lightning Network node and currently deployed on testnet3 - the Bitcoin Test Network. lnd has several pluggable back-end chain services including btcd (a full-node), bitcoind, and neutrino (a new experimental light client). The project's codebase uses the btcsuite set of Bitcoin libraries, and also exports a large set of isolated re-usable Lightning Network related libraries within it. In the current state lnd is capable of:

  • Creating channels.
  • Closing channels.
  • Completely managing all channel states (including the exceptional ones!).
  • Maintaining a fully authenticated+validated channel graph.
  • Performing path finding within the network, passively forwarding incoming payments.
  • Sending outgoing onion-encrypted payments through the network.
  • Updating advertised fee schedules.
  • Automatic channel management (autopilot).

Lightning Network Specification Compliance

lnd fully conforms to the Lightning Network specification (BOLTs). BOLT stands for: Basis of Lightning Technology. The specifications are currently being drafted by several groups of implementers based around the world including the developers of lnd. The set of specification documents as well as our implementation of the specification are still a work-in-progress. With that said, the current status of lnd's BOLT compliance is:

  • BOLT 1: Base Protocol
  • BOLT 2: Peer Protocol for Channel Management
  • BOLT 3: Bitcoin Transaction and Script Formats
  • BOLT 4: Onion Routing Protocol
  • BOLT 5: Recommendations for On-chain Transaction Handling
  • BOLT 7: P2P Node and Channel Discovery
  • BOLT 8: Encrypted and Authenticated Transport
  • BOLT 9: Assigned Feature Flags
  • BOLT 10: DNS Bootstrap and Assisted Node Location
  • BOLT 11: Invoice Protocol for Lightning Payments

Developer Resources

The daemon has been designed to be as developer friendly as possible in order to facilitate application development on top of lnd. Two primary RPC interfaces are exported: an HTTP REST API, and a gRPC service. The exported API's are not yet stable, so be warned: they may change drastically in the near future.

An automatically generated set of documentation for the RPC APIs can be found at api.lightning.community. A set of developer resources including talks, articles, and example applications can be found at: dev.lightning.community.

Finally, we also have an active Slack where protocol developers, application developers, testers and users gather to discuss various aspects of lnd and also Lightning in general.

Installation

In order to build from source, please see the installation instructions.

Docker

To run lnd from Docker, please see the main Docker instructions

IRC

  • irc.freenode.net
  • channel #lnd
  • webchat

Security

The developers of lnd take security very seriously. The disclosure of security vulnerabilities helps us secure the health of lnd, privacy of our users, and also the health of the Lightning Network as a whole. If you find any issues regarding security or privacy, please disclose the information responsibly by sending an email to security at lightning dot engineering, preferably encrypted using our designated PGP key (91FE464CD75101DA6B6BAB60555C6465E5BCB3AF) which can be found here.

Further reading