# Lightning Network | Sovereign Tax Atlas

> Background & OriginThe Lightning Network (LN) is a payment protocol built on the Bitcoin blockchain to solve the scalability problem of Bitcoin transactions. The protocol was first proposed by Joseph Poon and Thaddeus Dryja in a white paper...

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## Lightning Network

- Legal name: Lightning Network
- Recorded address: Not supplied
- Website: Not supplied
- Services in the imported record: Solving Bitcoin Transaction Scalability Issues
- Source classification: unknown

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Background & OriginThe Lightning Network (LN) is a payment protocol built on the Bitcoin blockchain to solve the scalability problem of Bitcoin transactions. The protocol was first proposed by Joseph Poon and Thaddeus Dryja in a white paper...

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