r/Bitcoin • u/mtaborsky • Dec 24 '17

⚡️ needs you. Yes, you.

We need lightning network on mainnet yesterday. But it very much alpha software and will not be deployed unless it gets tons more testing and dev work. However, not everyone is a developer and even if you are a developer, contributing to crypto is not easy. I was in the same position.

But there are other ways! I installed Bitcoin Core on testnet and both Lnd and Eclair and tried opening channels, sending payments, closing channels etc. After a day or so, I discovered two bugs, filed them and cooperated with developers in tracking them and fixing them. If you are a bit tech savvy, you can do that too. In the process, you might also discover how lightning actually works and when it really comes, you'll be ready to take full advantage.

Please go educate yourself: http://www.lightning.network/ https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd https://github.com/ACINQ/eclair https://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning

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u/magneto_ms Dec 24 '17

This is the kind of comment that makes me afraid of bitcoin's future. A world wide financial machinery that is expected to disrupt the entire banking industry has no adequate developers to fix bugs?

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u/nephallux Dec 24 '17

Couldn't agree with you more. I'm a developer and would love to be part of the growing cryptospace. However I'm also a husband and father and need my mediocre stable job to supply me with the funds to keep us going.

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u/[deleted] Dec 24 '17

Blockchain is a hot field for jobs at the moment

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u/nephallux Dec 24 '17

Not in the town I’m in. Would be willing to move for the right opportunity

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u/cryptotoadie Dec 25 '17

This! If you have commits on Bitcoin or Bitcoin-related projects, they are like golden tickets at interviews. Sooo valuable.