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Show HN: Lightning Network Search and Analysis Engine

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Post by mOneThousand » Wed, Feb 28, 2018, 9:52 PM UTC

Show HN: Lightning Network Search and Analysis Engine
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#2

Post by feikal » Wed, Feb 28, 2018, 10:29 PM UTC

nice site. what does "capacity" mean? satoshis? mbtc?

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#3

Post by feikal » Wed, Feb 28, 2018, 10:33 PM UTC

any good instruction on how to run an own node?

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#4

Post by sunsu » Wed, Feb 28, 2018, 10:38 PM UTC

What does "capacity" mean in this context?

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#5

Post by Pada » Wed, Feb 28, 2018, 10:50 PM UTC

sunsu wrote: post #4

What does "capacity" mean in this context?

The sum of all channels capacity measured in satoshis.

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Post by jerkstate » Wed, Feb 28, 2018, 10:51 PM UTC

Pada wrote: post #5

sunsu wrote: post #4

What does "capacity" mean in this context?

The sum of all channels capacity measured in satoshis.

what does capacity mean in that context?

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Post by [deleted] » Wed, Feb 28, 2018, 10:52 PM UTC

Pada wrote: post #5

sunsu wrote: post #4

What does "capacity" mean in this context?

The sum of all channels capacity measured in satoshis.

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#8

Post by rymate1234 » Wed, Feb 28, 2018, 10:53 PM UTC

jerkstate wrote: post #6

Pada wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The sum of all channels capacity measured in satoshis.

what does capacity mean in that context?

It's the amount of bitcoins currently in the network

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Post by zik » Wed, Feb 28, 2018, 10:56 PM UTC

sunsu wrote: post #4

What does "capacity" mean in this context?

Lightning Network seems very confusing. It's unclear to a casual user what "capacity" is and what it means to them. Or what any of this means, really.

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Post by sp332 » Wed, Feb 28, 2018, 10:56 PM UTC

rymate1234 wrote: post #8

jerkstate wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

what does capacity mean in that context?

It's the amount of bitcoins currently in the network

So it's not a limit, it's the amount currently in the channel?

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