Merge pull request #612 from ysangkok/patch-1

Segwit has been activated on mainnet
5 years ago · 2db79a8001
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 "Lightning Network" refers to a specific design for a routed payment channel network, which has now been implemented by at least five different open source teams. ((("Basics of Lightning Technology (BOLT)")))The independent implementations are coordinated by a set of interoperability standards described in the http://bit.ly/2rBHeoL[_Basics of Lightning Technology (BOLT)_ paper].

-Prototype implementations of the Lightning Network have been released by several teams. For now, these implementations can only be run on testnet because they use segwit, which is not activated on the main bitcoin blockchain (mainnet).
+Prototype implementations of the Lightning Network have been released by several teams.

 The Lightning Network is one possible way of implementing routed payment channels. There are several other designs that aim to achieve similar goals, such as Teechan and Tumblebit.