Lightning Network Wire Protocol
npm install @node-lightning/wire@node-lightning/wireThis repository contains the wire protocol code for the Lightning Network and
includes the following functionality:
- Peer which manages a connection to a peer. This class allows sending and
emitting message traffic. It also manages internal state for Ping/Pong message
traffic. /lib/peer.ts
- Messages defined in BOLT #1 - Base Protocol, BOLT #2 - Peer Protocol for
Channel Management, and BOLT #7 P2P Node and Channel Discovery can be
found in /lib/messages. This code includes the message
types and serialization and deserialization methods for each message.
- P2P Node and Channel gossip management that can be found in
/lib/gossip. This code contains the
GossipManger which controls gossip for many
peers. Gossip synchronization for a single peer is managed through
PeerGossipSynchronizer.