Lightning Network Education 1 article

The Lightning Network extends Bitcoin with payment channels that can support transfers without recording every payment directly on the base chain. Education covers channel opening and closing, invoices, routing fees, liquidity, and node operation. Routing reliability depends partly on channel capacity and available liquidity. Learners distinguish custodial payment services from managing their own channels and consider why inbound and outbound capacity matter. The topic also explains how channel balances and settlement mechanisms affect successful payment routing.