Lightning Dev Kit

1/ In case you missed the announcement from @benthecarman, we are releasing a production-grade Lightning node for servers. Everything that powers the likes of @CashApp, @Square, @moneydevkit, @lightspark, @lexeapp, and @getalby is packaged as a daemon anyone can run.

Payer proof is now merged in @lightningdevkit and ack on the Bolts PR git.rust-bitcoin.org/lightningdevki… 6 months and more than 500 PR comments, just to show how much we care about code quality Now, fix the broken zap on nostr with bolt12 and shill lnproof.space for a client-side payer proof rendering

No custodian. No capacity tied up across the network. Async payments are in beta (LDK-to-LDK for now) and ready to explore: 📖 Blog: lightningdevkit.org/blog/async-pay… 🛠️ Integration guide: lightningdevkit.org/async-payments

2/ With async payments, an often-offline node (like the phone in your pocket) can receive Lightning payments without: 🚫 trusting a custodian with your funds 🚫 locking up network liquidity An LSP holds a static invoice and relays the release message until you're back online.

1/ Receiving a Lightning payment has always meant being online at the right moment. That assumption breaks down on mobile, where your app often can't wake up to claim an incoming payment. Async payments fix this👇

@Silexperience With this app, a large number of @Ocean_Mining / #Datum miners can create their own #BOLT12 with their @Lightning Node and receive Lightning payments with the @LightningDevKit coupling, all from a single @Umbrel. Awesome! ⚡️ Hopefully it will be available in the app store soon.

Very Nice description and design. With AI, I am building stuff in my spare time, implementing ideas on lightning with @lexe, and I need to say, it is an amazing experience

LDK's modularity was the key. Custom persistence for encrypted remote storage, transaction-based syncing, and a meganode design that shares the network graph across hundreds of users for a 10-100x memory win. Read the full case study: lightningdevkit.org/blog/lexe-uses…

New on our blog: @lexeapp is running self-custodial Lightning nodes inside Intel SGX secure enclaves. The result? Always-on nodes that send & receive 24/7. How they pulled it off 👇

@steepdawn974 @lightning @lightningdevkit @roasbeef The upcoming LDK 0.3 release will have splicing fully supported. Branch has been cut, release candidate incoming

👀👀 @ZeusLN

Moving to LDK next week in Pylon+Nexus v0.2 Mainly because we need to send a bajillion ⚡️ agent micropayments and really need to own customizable infra ourselves Details: github.com/OpenAgentsInc/…

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exciting news!

It's ready to test today. LDK Server is in preview — try it out, break things, and tell us what's missing. Bug reports and feature requests welcome. github.com/lightningdevki…

2/ What's inside: • BOLT 12, splicing, zero-fee commitments, async payments • Built-in LSP(S) support (LSPS2 today, LSPS5 coming) • Postgres, Docker, Prometheus, Tor, gRPC • Runs without a full node via esplora/electrum + RGS • MCP server so AI agents can manage your node

1/ In case you missed the announcement from @benthecarman, we are releasing a production-grade Lightning node for servers. Everything that powers the likes of @CashApp, @Square, @moneydevkit, @lightspark, @lexeapp, and @getalby is packaged as a daemon anyone can run.

A native bitcoin lightning network wallet hidden behind an Agent Skill 🤯 Remember you can run Alby Hub with @lightningdevkit , LND from @lightning, Phoenixd from @acinq_co and even @CashuBTC

In this case study, @lexeapp CEO @MaxFangX shows how @lightningdevkit plus secure enclaves power reliable, always-on Lightning wallets without Lexe holding your keys. Article: spiralbtc.substack.com/p/lexe-uses-ld… Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/6kK6sr… Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/spi…

Building stable channels, a bitcoin-native alternative to tokenized fiat. Featuring just-in-time Lightning onboarding and self-custodial trading. Demo powered by @lightningdevkit.

💻 This past weekend at PlebLab, we kicked off our Building on Rust Workshop Series featuring the awesome @benthecarman! 📚 Workshop #1: Building a Rust Wallet with LDK Node We learned how to: → Connect to peers → Open channels → Send & receive sats → Set up an LSP & more → Build from scratch using Rust + @lightningdevkit—all in under an hour! 🤯 🎥 Full demo & GitHub repo: github.com/benthecarman/p… 💫 More about Ben: benthecarman.com ⚡️ Explore LDK: lightningdevkit.org #Bitcoin #LDK #RustLang #BuildersInBitcoin #PlebLab #LightningNetwork #OpenSource