Starting Bitcoin daemon

bitcoind -testnet -daemon -rpcbind=0.0.0.0:0 -rpcpassword=vivekanandan13 -rpcport=8332 -rpcuser=vivek -server -rpcport=8332 -externalip=34.70.161.121 -listen

HELP

bitcoin-cli -testnet  -rpcuser=vivek  -rpcpassword=vivekanandan13  -rpcport=8332 help

Check for block

https://www.blockchain.com/explorer

Send coin to wallet in testnet

https://tbtc.bitaps.com/

Blockchain Info

bitcoin-cli -testnet  -rpcuser=vivek  -rpcpassword=vivekanandan13  -rpcport=8332 getblockchaininfo

Get Blockcount

bitcoin-cli -testnet getblockcount
bitcoin-cli -testnet getblockchaininfo

Generating bitcoin wallet address

bitcoin-cli -testnet  -rpcuser=vivek  -rpcpassword=vivekanandan13  -rpcport=8332 getnewaddress 
> 2N4itjJPynyKo4JQ8mmvocSaGETCDzGbLYG

## Get wallet info
```bash
bitcoin-cli -testnet -rpcuser=vivek  -rpcpassword=vivekanandan13 -rpcport=8332 getwalletinfo
bitcoin-cli -testnet getwalletinfo

Starting lightning

lightningd --daemon --network=testnet  --rpc-file ~/.lightning/lightning-rpc  --bitcoin-rpcuser vivek --bitcoin-rpcpassword vivekanandan13 --bitcoin-rpcconnect 127.0.0.1 --bitcoin-rpcport 8332 --log-level=debug

Get public key by starting lightning

02deed2acc25ebc5951002b75a2278600aef95684d9f7c34afe824bfc2a6c7be99

Get Info

lightning-cli getinfo

Create a lightning wallet address

lightning-cli newaddr

Lightning address

{
   "address": "tb1qyg36u95sltvjtkuqpqm52j276e3kuueeuvrlal",
   "bech32": "tb1qyg36u95sltvjtkuqpqm52j276e3kuueeuvrlal"
}

Basics of transaction

https://medium.com/@Jayvdb/setting-up-and-transacting-on-the-bitcoin-lightning-network-a9ada42ec305

Send coins from Bitcoin to Lightning wallet

bitcoin-cli -testnet sendtoaddress tb1q22qpgr4ke949k7wx6vzdmaywj5dsc5jqs9w6pz 0.005

Transaction ID

75dc2981f7cb5e6ddbaccb5998dd1ddabd6939ac791e1ee431fde0af56e03242

Get Info of transaction

bitcoin-cli -testnet  gettransaction 75dc2981f7cb5e6ddbaccb5998dd1ddabd6939ac791e1ee431fde0af56e03242

## Connect to a node
lightning-cli connect 0331f80652fb840239df8dc99205792bba2e559a05469915804c08420230e23c7c 34.200.181.109 9735
>0331f80652fb840239df8dc99205792bba2e559a05469915804c08420230e23c7c


lightning-cli fundchannel 0331f80652fb840239df8dc99205792bba2e559a05469915804c08420230e23c7c 500000


lightning-cli getroute 0331f80652fb840239df8dc99205792bba2e559a05469915804c08420230e23c7c 500000