<p>The Thunder Network is just an implementation of the Lightning Network, so it follows the same methods as LN. The <a href="https://lightning.network/lightning-network-summary.pdf" rel="nofollow">summary paper</a> provides a good overview of how it keeps things decentralised.</p>

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<p>How does the new thunder network work? How does it keep things decentralized?</p>

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Isn't Thunder just an implementation of the Lightning network?
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How does the thunder network work? And how does it keep things decentralized?
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# How does the thunder network work? And how does it keep things decentralized?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2016-05-17)

How does the new thunder network work? How does it keep things decentralized?

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> **username_1**: Isn't Thunder just an implementation of the Lightning network?  

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### Answer by username_2 on 2016-06-03. Score: 1 | Accepted answer

The Thunder Network is just an implementation of the Lightning Network, so it follows the same methods as LN. The [summary paper](https://lightning.network/lightning-network-summary.pdf) provides a good overview of how it keeps things decentralised.


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