The Lightning Network, the second-layer solution designed to make quick, cheap and easy Bitcoin payments, is maturing. But widespread adoption — still a long way off — will require plenty more participants; an ecosystem of new apps is one way to get there.“Lightning is a promising technology, but right now, very few people are fluent with it,” Chaincode Labs engineer James O’Beirne told Bitcoin Magazine. To that end, O’Beirne and fellow Chaincode Labs and Bitcoin Core developers John Newbery and Marco Falke are organizing a Lightning applications development course — a “Bitcoin Residency” program — to encourage more developers to build on the network. The weeklong class, designed for a dozen students, kicks off on October 22, 2018, in the Flatiron district of New York City near the Chaincode Labs office.“We would like to familiarize more engineers with how Lightning works and see more Lightning applications,” O’Beirne said. “And we would like to get a better understanding for what Lightning is capable of doing.”  This is the third Bitcoin residency program Chaincode has hosted; the first two in 2016 in early 2018 were focused on the Bitcoin protocol and contributing to Bitcoin Core. As with previous Chaincode residencies, students will learn from a handful of experienced mentors. The Lightning residency is slightly different in that it is project-based, however. Students will spend the week building the... For Further Information Click on Below Button