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Non-profit supervising development of layers for Bitcoin |
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LNP/BP Association
Mission
Standardize | Create and maintain standards & public registries | See the current list of standards and registries |
Implement | Develop opensource reference implementations of libraries, nodes & tools | See the list of our libraries, nodes and tools |
Educate | Educate community and ensure alignment with cypherpunk values | See our values and community standards |
Values
Censorship-resistance | Ability to transact is a form of free speech. All operations with LNP/BP technologies must be censorship-resistant, leveraging bitcoin PoW qualities and decentralized networks. |
Privacy | Bitcoin and blockchains lacks privacy by exposing transaction graphs and allowing chain analysis. The new tech must be based on zk-proofs and client-side-validation to give the control over privacy back to the user. |
Layerization | Separation of concerns & abstraction are cornerstones in developing and maintaining secure, extensible protocols and software |
Activities
The Association fulfils its mission by creating and managing products, which include standards, registries, libraries, nodes, command-line tools and documentation.
The association products cover three main verticals:
Bitcoin protocol (BP) | Client-side-validation enhancements of bitcoin components | BP Logo.png |
Lightning network protocol (LNP) | Generalization of lightning network supporting advanced functionality | LNP Logo.png |
Smart contracts (RGB etc) | Technologies enabling higher programmability with client-side-validation | RGB logo.jpg |
Protocols
RGB | Scalable & confidential smart contracts with client-side-validation |
Bifrost | State channels supporting Taproot, multi-peer participation, composability and RGB |
Storm | Decentralized data network, providing data propagation, storage & queries on top of Lightning/Bifrost |
Kaleidoscope | Decentralized exchange protocols (DEX) for Lightning with RGB and other assets |
Prometheus | Trust-minimized distributed computing with Bitcoin and P2P networks |
reNostr | Enhancing the Nostr network to provide better privacy and support for LNP/BP technology stack |
Sponsors & contributors
The association is a non-profit running on funds from our donors. We would like to thank all who made it possible for us to continue operations through the past years.
Fulgur Ventures | |
Bitfinex & Tether | |
Pandora Prime | |
Hojo Foundation | |
DIBA Inc | |
Private donors |
Not all donors can be named, many of them are anonymous or would like to respect their privacy.
Donations
We are accepting donations for the 2023 year via our BTCPayServer page.
Community
You can follow our activities & join the community through the following channels:
GitHub |
YouTube |
Telegram |
IRC: #lnp-bp on Libera |