2024-12-26T09:13:24+0000

The lightning network allows users to route payments to each other for low cost and in real-time. It only needs the bitcoin blockchain for final settlement and this is what makes it fast and inexpensive. This webinar discusses a practical and easy way to setup a test bitcoin lightning network on an Amazon cloud server providing a safe way to test how lightning network payments work. The presentation focuses on using docker containers which will have the lightning network software already prepared for use. The content includes a powerpoint presentation and a live demonstration of the steps required to send a payment from one node to another. Presenter: John Singh, Senior Systems Analyst at the Spar Group LTD, non-executive director of the IITPSA and Chairperson of IITPSA Blockchain and Cryptocurrency SIG.