I am an experienced Software Engineer who is interested in working on Bitcoin/Lightning projects. I am looking for sponsors to help me use my Modeling and Simulation background to build a flexible simulation framework for the Lightning Network.

My Proposed Project

Throughout history as new technologies are developed and complex systems are built using those technologies people have built Modeling and Simulation tools alongside of them in order to better understand them and to test them. The same should be done for the Bitcoin Lightning Network.

A tool is needed that allows developers and researchers to define a Lighting Network layout and then simulate events over time to analyze how the network might be impacted. This could be used to test new products that a team is developing or to help research and predict how certain events might impact a Lightning Node or the Lightning Network as a whole.

Your sponsorship will help this become a reality.

About Me

Email: [email protected]
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/blake-johnson-11aa05206

I am an experienced Software Engineer who has worked on several different Modeling and Simulation projects in my career. Most of my experience has been in the defense industry building simulations and models for the military. The defense industry has seen firsthand the benefits of high-fidelity simulation products that accurately represent real world systems. New products and features can be tested in a closed, simulated environment before being tested in the real world (which can be expensive and inefficient). The same benefits could be realized by the bitcoin development community. A large, flexible, open-source simulation framework would allow the Lightning and Bitcoin communities to more efficiently test and release new services. It could also help create stability in the network over the long term.