# Lightning Labs ## Repositories https://github.com/lightninglabs/docs.lightning.engineering - New developer docs: https://docs.lightning.engineering/ - lndmon - A drop-in monitoring solution for your lnd node using Prometheus+Grafana: https://github.com/lightninglabs/lndmon - [[Lightning Pool]] paper - https://github.com/lightninglabs/pool-paper As of Aug 4 2021, I've covered all the important ones ## Resources ### docs.lightning.engineering https://docs.lightning.engineering/ https://github.com/lightninglabs/docs.lightning.engineering ### Resources I built Lightning Dev Site: https://github.com/lightninglabs/lightning-dev-site Lightning Coindesk: https://github.com/lightninglabs/lightning-coindesk LND API docs: https://github.com/lightninglabs/lightning-api ## Funding model ### Decent info in [[Forbes]] article https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaeldelcastillo/2020/02/05/jack-dorsey-backed-lightning-labs-raises-10-million-to-build-visa-network-for-bitcoin/?sh=5454be335ede - In addition to the capital raise, Palo Alto-based Lightning Labs today launched its first financial services product, Lightning Loop, to monetize the so-called “layer-two” technology that sits on top of the bitcoin blockchain by making it easier for startups to accept the cryptocurrency. - To help complete other monetized financial products Stark says are currently in development, Lightning Labs plans to spend the new round of capital on hiring new developers, a project manager and a business strategist. The company has grown from 11 employees a year ago to 16 employees today, and plans to hire as many as six more over the next year. While Stark declined to share details about the other financial products in development, she added that the company will be working to integrate Wumbo functionality [...] - Since then, Pfeffer has invested directly in the development of bitcoin’s code by sponsoring numerous core developers who might otherwise be forced to work (or not work) on the open-source software for free, as well as making donations to non-profit advocacy group Coin Center, MIT’s Digital Currency Initiative and co-founding Bitcoin Optech to help bitcoin users better implement technology that helps bitcoin scale, all of which he believes could help strengthen the underlying asset class, but aren’t likely to generate any short-term returns. On the other hand, Pfeffer describes Lightning Labs as a rare opportunity for both to happen. - “It’s good for bitcoin,” he says. “And we think it’s potentially a very attractive direct investment opportunity on its own.” Monetizing Lightning feels more like a formality to raise capital than it does a serious goal - But the fact remains that they *took* funding, which entails a fiduciary responsibility for Lightning's investors - Perhaps Elizabeth just doesn't care if the company manages to pay back investors - the goal is to build Lightning, after all