Raiden Network 0.3.0 Documentation

This is the documentation for the 0.3.0 version of the Raiden Network. You can find the source code in our Github Repository.

What is the Raiden Network?

The Raiden Network is an off-chain scaling solution for performing ERC20-compliant token transfers on the Ethereum blockchain. It is Ethereum’s version of Bitcoin’s Lightning Network, enabling near-instant, low-fee, scalable micropayments.

Contents

• System Requirements and Installation Guide
  • Introduction
  • Installation
  • For developers
  • Firing it up
• Getting started with the Raiden API
  • Introduction
  • Scenarios
  • Bootstrapping a token network
  • Joining an already existing token network
  • Transferring tokens
  • Token Swaps
  • Interacting with the Raiden Echo Node
• Raiden’s API Documentation
  • Introduction
  • JSON Object Encoding
  • Endpoints
• What is the Raiden Developer Preview
  • Disclaimer!
  • Introduction
  • The Developer Preview supports
  • The Developer Preview is not
  • Other restrictions
  • Versions
• Web Application Tutorial
  • Running the web application
  • The landing page
  • Tokens
  • Channels
• Raiden Specification
  • Introduction
  • The Netting Channel Smart Contract
  • Raiden Transfers
  • Third parties
  • Mediating Transfers
  • Locks
  • Safety of Mediated Transfers
  • Failed Mediated Transfers
  • Channel Closing and Settlement
  • Transfer Routing
  • Merkle Tree
  • Raiden Design Choices
  • Known Issues
• Deployment and Usage of the Raiden Network Smart Contracts
  • Deploying
  • Using the Contracts
  • Verifying on Etherscan
• Changelog
• Raiden Glossary