From #reckless to Wumbology: Lightning Network's Infrastructural Build Out

Lightning Network's infrastructural build-out was one of the most anticipated developments of the second half of 2018. Significant progress in both R&D and implementation has increased hype and anticipation for what is setting up to be a year of major improvements to the network.

The Lightning Network's goal is simple: provide a way for users to easily facilitate off-chain payments as fast and reliably as possible while keeping the design accessible to the average user. Expecting users to run full nodes as a prerequisite or attempting to have them manage channel liquidity manually is infeasible.