LDK Node v0.2.0: Pre-flight Probes, API Improvements
LDK Node is a self-custodial Lightning node in library form. Its central goal is to provide a small, simple, and straightforward interface that enables users to easily set up and run a Lightning node with an integrated on-chain wallet.
- This release includes the capability to send pre-flight probes, several API improvements, and a few bug fixes.
- In total, this release features 57 files changed, 7369 insertions, 1738 deletions in 132 commits from 9 authors: Austin Kelsay, alexanderwiederin, Elias Rohrer, Galder Zamarreño, Gursharan Singh, jbesraa, Justin Moeller, Max Fang, Orbital.
- "Calling all @kotlin developers! It’s now quicker than ever to create a Lightning app using LDK Node. Watch this YouTube tutorial by @thunderB__ and learn how to create a basic Lightning-powered desktop app using Kotlin and JetpackCompose," wrote Conor Okus.
- "iOS Devs! In less than 20 mins @matthewramsden shows how to create a native iOS Lightning wallet using LDK Node with Swift."
- For a quick LDK Node guide, check out this video here.
What's new
Feature and API updates
- The capability to send pre-flight probes has been added (#147).
- Pre-flight probes will skip outbound channels based on the liquidity available (#156).
- Additional fields are now exposed via
ChannelDetails(#165). - The location of the
logsdirectory is now customizable (#129). - Listening on multiple socket addresses is now supported (#187).
- If available, peer information is now persisted for inbound channels (#170).
- Transaction broadcasting and fee estimation have been reworked and made more robust (#205).
- A module persisting, sweeping, and rebroadcasting output spends has been added (#152).
