Trying to learn the Lightning Network 🙂
Can I do something like this:
STEP 1: Generate new addresses
- address_1 = cli/lightning-cli newaddr
- address_2 = cli/lightning-cli newaddr
- address_3 = cli/lightning-cli newaddr
- address_4 = cli/lightning-cli newaddr
- address_5 = cli/lightning-cli newaddr
STEP 2: Get transaction ids
- txnid_1 = Bitcoin-cli -testnet sendtoaddress address_1 60000
- txnid_2 = bitcoin-cli -testnet sendtoaddress address_2 70000
- txnid_3 = bitcoin-cli -testnet sendtoaddress address_3 80000
- txnid_4 = bitcoin-cli -testnet sendtoaddress address_4 90000
Question 1: the commands above transfer money the BITCOIN NETWORK to the LIGHTNNG NETWORK – right??? If so, which BITCOIN “FROM” address is being used?
STEP 3: See who I am connected to
run: cli/lightning-cli listpeers (to see who I am connected with)
Please note that for my example:
- Public Key for NODE_B => is not on list above (not a peer)
- Public Key for NODE_C => is not on list above (not a peer)
- Public Key for NODE_D => is not on list above (not a peer)
STEP 4: Fund the channels:
The command I see for funding a channel is: cli/lightning-cli fundchannel
- BUT –
What I would like to do:
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cli/lightning-cli fundchannel NODE_B 10000 [txnid_2]
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cli/lightning-cli fundchannel NODE_C 20000 [txnid_2]
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cli/lightning-cli fundchannel NODE_B 30000 [txnid_3]
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cli/lightning-cli fundchannel NODE_D 40000 [txnid_4]
For example I want to fund a channel to NODE_B with 10000 Satoshi from txnid_2
Question 2: Is what I would like to do possible?
TIA