In this tutorial we are going to explore the lnd gRPC interface.

gRPC is an RPC framework from Google, whose aim is to be more efficient than JSON/HTTP. Intended as an alternative to REST, it is more efficient due to the use of Protocol Buffers and HTTP/2.

In this tutorial, we’re going to create a local lightning network (on simnet), and route payments using 3 nodes: alice, bob, and charlie.

I found lnd confusing to install as a Windows user, so here is a tutorial which should be a bit quicker!

This series of tutorials will teach you how to get started developing applications with lnd as a windows user.