Lightning Network

Getting Started

1. Choose a Lightning wallet — Phoenix, Breez, or Muun for mobile; Alby for browser; or run your own node with LND or CLN.
2. Fund your Lightning wallet by sending on-chain Bitcoin or receiving a Lightning payment from another user.
3. Make your first Lightning payment by scanning a Lightning invoice QR code or paying a Lightning address.
4. For advanced users, run your own Lightning node with Umbrel or Start9 to participate in routing and earn fees.

Key Features

• Instant settlement payments confirm in under a second, making Bitcoin usable for everyday transactions.
• Sub-cent fees transaction costs are typically fractions of a penny, enabling viable micropayments.
• Massive throughput theoretically capable of millions of transactions per second across the network.
• Privacy enhancements payment routing through multiple nodes provides better privacy than on-chain transactions.
• Micropayment support enables streaming payments, pay-per-second services, and sub-dollar transactions.
• Growing adoption supported by major exchanges, payment processors, and merchants worldwide for instant BTC payments.