LNMesh

Introduction

In this workshop, we implement a local Lightning Network (LN) cluster of several nodes which may continue to operate and process transactions offline for a period if internet connectivity is lost.

System Info

This implementation was done using several Raspberry Pi 4 model B units, system details as follows:

• System - Raspberry Pi OS
• Architecture: 64-bit OS
• Kernel Version: 5.15.61
• Debian Version: 11 (bullseye)

Two types of underlying IP networks were used during testing (click for individual details):

1. IP-over-Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) network (Star topology, inflexible)
2. Ad-hoc Wi-Fi mesh network (Mesh topology, flexible)

LN channels are then established on top of this IP connectivity.

Installing LN & establishing channels

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Home - BLE Star - Wi-Fi Mesh