<metaname="date"content="RETAIL AVAILABILITY DATE FROM PDB MANUFACTURING TAB HERE IN YYYY-MM-DD FORM (e.g., 2014-07-07)"/>
<metaname="description"content="BOOK MARKETING DESCRIPTION HERE. (This can be supplied by the author, but otherwise the Consumer Short Text from the Marketing tab in the PDB works here - just make sure not to paste curly quotes or em dashes! Replace with straight quotes and hyphens.)"/>
<metaname="author"content="Andreas M. Antonopolous, Olaoluwa Osuntokun, and Rene Pickhardt"/>
<metaname="date"content="2021-02-16"/>
<metaname="description"content="Launched in early 2018, the Lightning Network (LN) is rapidly growing in users and capacity. This second-layer payment protocol works on top of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies to provide near-instantaneous transactions between two parties. With this practical guide, authors Andreas M. Antonopoulos, Olaoluwa Osuntokun, and Rene Pickhardt explain how this advancement will enable the next level of scale for Bitcoin, increasing speed and privacy while reducing fees."/>