Mastering the Lightning Network is a specific Books coordinate in the Bitcoin knowledge graph. In practical terms, it identifies the subject described here: Mastering the Lightning Network — by Andreas M. Antonopoulos, Olaoluwa Osuntokun and René Pickhardt: Lightning channels, routing, liquidity and Bitcoin’s payment layer. This definition is narrower than promotional usage and should be read together with the implementation, date and evidence attached to the entry.
Written by Andreas M. Antonopoulos, Olaoluwa Osuntokun and René Pickhardt and first published in 2021 by O’Reilly.
Use this book as a route into Lightning channels, routing, liquidity and Bitcoin’s payment layer. Its Atlas links connect the reading to the people, mechanisms and events it discusses.
Primary or authoritative records make these details checkable: Mastering the Lightning Network by Antonopoulos, Osuntokun and Pickhardt explains payment channels, HTLCs, onion routing, liquidity, nodes and applications with technical examples. They should be verified before using the coordinate in analysis.
The practical limit is: Lightning specifications and implementations evolve, so examples may not reflect current BOLTs, defaults or threat mitigations; running a node also requires liquidity, backup and operational security. A definition, office, chart pattern or published claim is not by itself a prediction or Bitcoin consensus rule.
For the clearest picture, read this entry together with Lightning Network, Payment Channel, HTLC.