For the non-technical, what is the Lightning Network? How does it function? In this video Andreas walks through what's happening on the Lightning Network, all in a non-technical fashion. From funding transactions, to channels, routing, fees, security and trustlessness, this clip will give you a good overview of what's happening! 00:00 The Lightning Network is not a sidechian, it's an overlay network. 00:50 Lightning payments are Bitcoin payments. 01:49 The blockchain features necessary for Lightning, multi-sig and timelocks. 02:35 How the Lightning Network is setup. Funding transactions. 03:50 What is a payment channel? 04:42 Lightning local and remote balances. 05:31 Offchain transactions 08:43 Routing payments on the Lightning Network 10:30 Lightning is a trustless, non-custodial network 11:13 Lightning routing fees 11:42 Lightning Network overview summary