Researchers found a way to use a local "mesh network" to connect nodes via Bluetooth and WiFi, building a local Lightning Network they call LNMesh.
Instead of the Internet, they used local "mesh networks," where nodes are connected directly via Bluetooth and WiFi, building a local Lightning Network they call LNMesh.
Their results? They say, under the right circumstances, offline Lightning Payments should be feasible.
Thanks for sharing.
Bitcoin remains an unstoppable.
LNmesh : mesh network
Blockstream : satellite
Machankura : USSD
There's already a number of bitcoiners in Berlin who use LN via mesh net. If you both nodes that share custody if a payment channel can communicate to update the channel state, then they can send/receive/route lightning payments without needing to be connected directly to the internet.
They won't be able to open/close the channels though.
Wow, that's really interesting. Thanks for posting. It would be awesome to get a detailed write-up on this!
I will see if I can find any information on it but maybe that is a rabbit hole worth venturing down.
Doesn't mention what happens when an offline participant goes online and broadcasts an invalid state. I don't see one reference to how a community watch tower could be built which I would say is crucial.
That sounds great. Thanks
We should probably be exploring mesh net more to prepare a bit for what could happen.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2304.14559
Not really.