# Palladium Lightning

Palladium Lightning is the standard compliant implementation of the Lightning Network protocol for **Palladium**, a fork of Bitcoin.

This repository is an independent professional fork of [Core Lightning (CLN)](https://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning), maintained by Davide Grilli.

## Fork Information

The Palladium Lightning fork officially begins from the following upstream Core Lightning commit:
**`823a575d9a70ed7f2cb08be462c09a399a4a2842`**

For the original Core Lightning documentation, please refer to [`README-original.md`](README-original.md).

## Getting Started

Palladium Lightning aims to be lightweight, highly customizable, and fully compliant with the Lightning Network protocol adapted for the Palladium network.

### Building from Source

To compile the source code, please refer to the updated instructions or refer to the original installation documentation available in `doc/getting-started/getting-started/installation.md`.

## Testing

For instructions on how to test Palladium Lightning against a local Palladium Regtest network, please refer to the dedicated guide: **[TESTING_PALLADIUM.md](TESTING_PALLADIUM.md)**.

## License

The code is released under the BSD-MIT License. See the [LICENSE](LICENSE) file for more details.