CBP CBP Lightning Network and Layer 2 Solutions

Question 1

What is the Lightning Network primarily designed to solve?

Accepted Answer

Bitcoin's scalability limitations for fast, low-cost payments

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Bitcoin's energy consumption

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Bitcoin's mining difficulty adjustments

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Bitcoin's block storage capacity

Question 2

What is a payment channel in the Lightning Network?

Accepted Answer

A two-party off-chain transaction mechanism funded by an on-chain transaction

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A direct blockchain transaction between two parties

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A mining pool connection method

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A hardware wallet connection protocol

Question 3

What is required to open a Lightning Network payment channel?

Accepted Answer

An on-chain Bitcoin transaction to fund the channel

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A mining license

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A KYC verification process

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Permission from the Bitcoin Foundation

Question 4

What happens when a Lightning Network channel is closed?

Accepted Answer

The final channel balance is broadcast to the Bitcoin blockchain

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The funds are permanently locked

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The funds are sent to miners as fees

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The channel can only be closed by miners

Question 5

What is 'routing' in the Lightning Network?

Accepted Answer

Sending payments through intermediate nodes to reach a destination

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Directing miners to new blocks

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Assigning IP addresses to Bitcoin nodes

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Organizing transactions in the mempool

Question 6

What is the purpose of Hash Time-Locked Contracts (HTLCs) in the Lightning Network?

Accepted Answer

To ensure atomic payment routing across multiple hops without trust

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To encrypt wallet seed phrases

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To mine Bitcoin faster

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To store blockchain data off-chain