Lightning Network Graph Query Tool

Query the network graph for nodes based on proximity

Install

Prerequisites

• Elixir
• Docker
• Docker Compose
• jq

Then, clone this repository and execute these commands

mix deps.get
mix escript.build

Create a neo4j container

mkdir -s ~/neo4j/data
mkdir -s ~/neo4j/import
docker-compose up -d

Import network graph from LND

On a Lightning Node running LND, execute

lncli describegraph > lightning-graph.json

Get the lightning-graph.json file on the computer running LNQ, and then run these commands in that same exact sequence

lnq convert lightning-graph.json
lnq import
lnq analyze

Do some queries

Get a help screen listing possible queries by running

./lnq