CLN v23.08, sovereign stack and BOLT #12

I'm having a fun time digging into commando builtin plugin. To understand how lnsocket and lnmessage libraries work and how they send commando messages requires to look at BOLT #8 and BOLT #1. This is really interesting and if you are interested in cryptography and the peer-to-peer aspect of the Lightning Network, give a try to those BOLTs:

• https://github.com/lightning/bolts/blob/master/01-messaging.md

• https://github.com/lightning/bolts/blob/master/08-transport.md

Maybe you also want to check the last live coding session where we looked at some implementation details of lnmessage library:

Overview of lnmessage implementation.

But if implementation details is not your thing, you can look at a concrete example on how to Create invoices with a Node.JS cli using lnmessage and commando.

The big event of this week is the release of CLN v23.08. Core Lightning developers @rusty_twit, @endothermicdev and @ShahanaFarooqi took us through the new exiting feature present in CLN v23.08 during a 1h X/Twitter space.

If you want to know more about you can check the release and read the first blog posts about that "huge" release:

• https://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning/releases/tag/v23.08

• Core Lightning v23.08: "Satoshi's Successor" Part I - User Experience.

If you are interesting in knowing about complete solution to self-host websites and lightning nodes in order to receive Bitcoin for the value you produce, you definitely want to check https://www.sovereign-stack.org website developed by Derek. To get started with his work and knowing him better you can check that 20 minutes interview PlebLab Start Up Day August 22, 2023 Derek Smith of Farscapian.com.

Do you know about BOLT #12? If you don't you might want to listen to Damian that talk about in this 15 minutes interview PlebLab Start Up Day August 22, 2023 with Damian of Bolt 12 Prisms.

Have a nice day, See you next time, Tony Aldon https://lnroom.live