README.md

Lightning Network Visualisation

This project is a visualisation of the Lightning Network, a second layer payment protocol that operates on top of a blockchain. The visualisation is created using the D3.js library and the data is sourced from the amboss.space API.

Data is fetched on the github pages build step with fetch.sh and me node's pubkey. currently is going 3 levels deep, but can be changed in the fetch.sh file.

How to run

clone the repository

git clone https://github.com/dni/lightning-network-visualisation.git

install dependencies

npm i

fetch the data

cd src
sh fetch.sh [YOUR_NODE_PUBKEY]
cd ..

start webserver

npm start