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== Basis of Lightning Technology (BOLT)

The Basis of Lightning Technology (BOLT) documents describe a layer-2 protocol for off-chain bitcoin transfer by mutual cooperation, relying on on-chain transactions for enforcement if necessary.

=== List of BOLTs

* BOLT #1: Base Protocol
* BOLT #2: Peer Protocol for Channel Management
* BOLT #3: Bitcoin Transaction and Script Formats
* BOLT #4: Onion Routing Protocol
* BOLT #5: Recommendations for On-chain Transaction Handling
* BOLT #7: P2P Node and Channel Discovery
* BOLT #8: Encrypted and Authenticated Transport
* BOLT #9: Assigned Feature Flags
* BOLT #10: DNS Bootstrap and Assisted Node Location
* BOLT #11: Invoice Protocol for Lightning Payments