# Lightning Network Workshop Series 1

1. Run btcd
```bash
./btcd --simnet --rpcuser=kek --rpcpass=kek --txindex --connect=YOUR_IP
```

2. Run lnd
```bash
./lnd --bitcoin.active --bitcoin.simnet --bitcoin.node=btcd --btcd.rpcuser=kek --btcd.rpcpass=kek --debuglevel=trace --noencryptwallet
```

3. Check the block height to make sure your Blockchain is in sync
```bash
./btcctl --simnet --rpcuser=kek --rpcpass=kek getinfo
```

4. Make sure lnd is connected, you can check the block height here too
```bash
./lncli getinfo
```

5. Create a new address with lnd
```bash
./lncli newaddress p2wkh
```
Publish your publick key into IRC and ask for free bitcoins from the hubs. The host will send you the bitcoin, then they will mine a few blocks.

6. Now check your wallet balance and make sure you receive them
```bash
./lncli walletbalance
```

7. Here's start the fun part. Connect to the peer on your left in your group, to connect you need the public key and the address:
  ```bash
  ./lncli connect PUB_KEY@IP
  ```
  You can find your IP running the following command on Linux and OSX `ifconfig` or running on Windows `ipconfig`, then searching for en0 and inet. You can find your lnd public key with `./lncli getinfo`.

8. More fun. Open a channel funding some money in the channel, and sending some fund to the other side of the channel
```bash
./lncli openchannel --block pubkey 50000 50000
```

9. Make sure the channel is open
```bash
./lncli listchannels
```

10. Now you can create an invoice and send to someone in your group, possibly with less than 5000 satoshis
```bash
./lncli addinvoice AMOUNT_IN_SATOSHIS
```

11. When you receive an invoice from someone remember always to run decodepayreq to check how much they're asking you
```bash
./lncli decodepayreq PAYREQ
```

12. You can also use queryroutes to make sure it exists one or more route to process the payment
```bash
./lncli queryroutes PUB_KEY AMOUNT_IN_SATOSHIS
```

13. And voilà, you can finally pay the invoice!
```bash
./lncli payinvoice PAYREQ
```

14. ... and check the invoices that have been payed to you
```bash
./lncli listinvoices
```