From 1070e9b766e0ff1c3112540996d1a422b8b861aa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: lakshit24 <73010707+lakshit24@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Sat, 17 Oct 2020 11:24:04 +0530 Subject: [PATCH] removed unwanted lines and added punctuation marks --- README.md | 9 ++++----- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index eacca84e3..5cae6b88d 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -38,9 +38,9 @@ Pruning (`prune=n` option in `bitcoin.conf`) is partially supported, see [here]( There are 4 supported installation options: - - Installation from the [Ubuntu PPA][ppa] - - Installation of a pre-compiled binary from the [release page][releases] on Github - - Using one of the [provided docker images][dockerhub] on the Docker Hub + - Installation from the [Ubuntu PPA][ppa]. + - Installation of a pre-compiled binary from the [release page][releases] on Github. + - Using one of the [provided docker images][dockerhub] on the Docker Hub. - Compiling the source code yourself as described in the [installation documentation](doc/INSTALL.md). For the impatient here's the gist of it for Ubuntu: @@ -154,8 +154,7 @@ lightning-cli connect [] lightning-cli fundchannel ``` -This opens a connection and, on top of that connection, then opens -a channel. +This opens a connection and, on top of that connection, then opens a channel. The funding transaction needs 3 confirmation in order for the channel to be usable, and 6 to be announced for others to use. You can check the status of the channel using `lightning-cli listpeers`, which after 3 confirmations (1 on testnet) should say that `state` is `CHANNELD_NORMAL`; after 6 confirmations you can use `lightning-cli listchannels` to verify that the `public` field is now `true`.