Lightning watchtowers

A Lightning watchtower monitors the chain on behalf of a client and can respond to an obsolete channel-state broadcast, helping protect users who cannot remain online continuously.

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A Lightning watchtower monitors the chain on behalf of a client and can respond to an obsolete channel-state broadcast, helping protect users who cannot remain online continuously.

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What California Bitcoin maintains

A Lightning watchtower monitors the chain on behalf of a client and can respond to an obsolete channel-state broadcast, helping protect users who cannot remain online continuously.

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Lightning BOLT specifications

Lightning specifications

Tier 1 · primary The Bitcoin Lightning Network

Joseph Poon and Thaddeus Dryja

Tier 1 · primary

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