In this tutorial we will explore the ZMQ-based notification interface that is available in almost every cryptocoin out there. Bitcoin and its clones offer a set of connection points where clients can ‘subscribe’ to get notified about certain events happening in the decentralized network, like ‘raw transactions’, ‘raw blocks’ etc…

This article describes a step-by-step installation of LND, the Lightning Daemon, and the modified Joule extension that can be used in Actinium’s Lightning Network. This tutorial applies to Linux and Mac, but it should also be possible to use it for Windows installations. Installing Prerequisites To compile LND we must first install…

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