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Re: How can I connect lightning network wallet to main blockchain?
by
n0nce
on 30/09/2022, 22:41:05 UTC
How will I now connect my wallet or will the wallet automatically connected main blockchain?
You can not if I am not wrong.
Because Lightning Network is a second layer solution so it does not connect directly to the layer 1, Bitcoin network.
You are connected to the blockchain in terms of creating a channel opening (and closing) transaction that are broadcasted and saved on the blockchain.
It's also required to monitor the mempool for cheating attempts, therefore running a Bitcoin Core node on the same machine is usually required.