Sim-ln
summary
Sim-ln is a payment generator for the Lightning Network that runs against LND CLN and Eclair and can use real nodes or mock nodes in Polar Docker or Kubernetes; configuration lives in a sim JSON and supports specific payments (source, destination, amount, interval, e.g. stop after 10 payments) or random mode that balances liquidity across channels. Demo uses a six-node LND setup, outputs logs for analysis, supports a deterministic seed, and requires RAS and Proto; mock networks may not reproduce all real-world quirks.
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chapters (12)
- 0:00Introduction
- 1:06Simulating Lightning Network matters
- 2:32Lightning Network testing challenges
- 4:20What is SimLN
- 5:24Setting up SimLN
- 6:50Configuring SimLN
- 8:40Live demo with Polar and nodes
- 13:27Random mode for payments
- 15:17Mock nodes for speed
- 17:02SimLN advantages and limits
- 18:10Who benefits from SimLN
- 19:23Q&A
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