Mastering the Lightning Network is an O'Reilly Media book, due for publication in Q4'2020, and announced on August 28th by authors Andreas M. Antonopoulos ([@aantonop](https://twitter.com/aantonop)), Olaoluwa Osuntokun ([@roasbeef](https://twitter.com/roasbeef)), Rene Pickhardt ([@renepickhardt](https://twitter.com/renepickhardt)).
Mastering the Lightning Network is an O'Reilly Media book, due for publication in Q2'2021, and announced in August 2019 by authors Andreas M. Antonopoulos ([@aantonop](https://twitter.com/aantonop)), Olaoluwa Osuntokun ([@roasbeef](https://twitter.com/roasbeef)), Rene Pickhardt ([@renepickhardt](https://twitter.com/renepickhardt)).
The book describes the Lightning Network (LN), a Peer-to-Peer protocol running on top of Bitcoin and other blockchains, which provides near-instant, secure, micro-payments.
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