Lightning Network is a solution of Bitcoin off-chain trading.The mining machine trustee company HashPlex released an alpha version of Lightning Network implementation Plan Wednesday.The developer will still improve the layer of testnets.
It is reported that the python version of the implementation is using the open source Bitcoin node and testing in the local network.There are three nodes,users can open one and close another，send and receive BTC by closing the channel unilaterally.The developers expressed that the three nodes enable transactions to finish instantly.
Now the Bitcoin network only supports approximate 7 transactions in 1 second,while Visa can support 45000 transactions/second.With the helping of Lightning Netwrok.Bitcoin network can realize faster and bigger transactions.
The originator of HashPlex Bernard Rihn said:”So far,it can be safely running on the alpha net of Blockstream and the Bitcoin testnet.”
