Lightning Insights

What is Lightning?

The Lightning Network is a layer 2 scaling solution for Bitcoin, enabling faster and cheaper transactions. It works by creating off-chain payment channels between users, allowing them to transact repeatedly without broadcasting each transaction to the Bitcoin blockchain. When they are done, they can settle the final balance on the main chain. This reduces congestion and fees on the main Bitcoin network and allows for microtransactions.

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What other technologies are related to Lightning?

Lightning Complementary Technologies

Apex

Apex is a proprietary programming language closely integrated with Lightning, used for server-side logic and custom business processes. It is a core part of the Salesforce platform and extends Lightning's capabilities.

mentioned alongside Lightning in 10% (8.4k) of relevant job posts

LWC

Lightning Web Components (LWC) are the modern standard for building user interfaces on the Salesforce platform. They are tightly integrated with Lightning and are the recommended approach for building new components.

mentioned alongside Lightning in 14% (2.4k) of relevant job posts

SOQL

SOQL (Salesforce Object Query Language) is used to query data within the Salesforce database, which is essential for building Lightning applications that interact with data.

mentioned alongside Lightning in 11% (2.3k) of relevant job posts