# LNP/BP Association

## Mission

<table data-view="cards"><thead><tr><th></th><th></th><th></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><h4>Standardize</h4></td><td>Create and maintain standards &#x26; public registries</td><td>See the current list of standards and registries</td></tr><tr><td><h4>Implement</h4></td><td>Develop opensource reference implementations of libraries, nodes &#x26; tools</td><td>See the list of our libraries, nodes and tools</td></tr><tr><td><h4>Educate</h4></td><td>Educate community and ensure alignment with cypherpunk values</td><td>See our values and community standards</td></tr></tbody></table>

## Values

<table data-view="cards"><thead><tr><th></th><th></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><h4>Censorship-resistance</h4></td><td>Ability to transact is a form of free speech. All operations with LNP/BP technologies must be censorship-resistant, leveraging bitcoin PoW qualities and decentralized networks.</td></tr><tr><td><h4>Privacy</h4></td><td>Bitcoin and blockchains lacks privacy by exposing transaction graphs and allowing chain analysis. The new tech must be based on zk-proofs and client-side-validation to give the control over privacy back to the user.</td></tr><tr><td><h4>Layerization</h4></td><td>Separation of concerns &#x26; abstraction are cornerstones in developing and maintaining secure, extensible protocols and software</td></tr></tbody></table>

## Activities

The Association fulfils its mission by creating and managing products, which include [standards](https://www.lnp-bp.org/products#standards), [registries](https://www.lnp-bp.org/products#registries), [libraries](https://www.lnp-bp.org/products#libraries), [nodes](https://www.lnp-bp.org/products#nodes), [command-line tools](https://www.lnp-bp.org/products#toolchains) and [documentation](https://www.lnp-bp.org/products#documentation).

The association products cover three main verticals:

<table data-view="cards"><thead><tr><th></th><th></th><th data-hidden data-card-cover data-type="files"></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><h4>Bitcoin protocol (BP)</h4></td><td>Client-side-validation enhancements of bitcoin components</td><td><a href="https://3815063913-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F-McfDPD66AVSPTr3V62W%2Fuploads%2FVnhdV9MSDcKn6bS2sLjc%2FBP%20Logo.png?alt=media&#x26;token=bf52d2f8-ecd3-4c2a-b8b8-ab7e0277e4c5">BP Logo.png</a></td></tr><tr><td><h4>Lightning network protocol (LNP)</h4></td><td>Generalization of lightning network supporting advanced functionality</td><td><a href="https://3815063913-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F-McfDPD66AVSPTr3V62W%2Fuploads%2FkqYpoyYJBLmMCEPw9mNP%2FLNP%20Logo.png?alt=media&#x26;token=ccd6f9b2-1d3f-4ea8-941a-6bca6344ff0e">LNP Logo.png</a></td></tr><tr><td><h4>Smart contracts (RGB etc)</h4></td><td>Technologies enabling higher programmability with client-side-validation</td><td><a href="https://3815063913-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F-McfDPD66AVSPTr3V62W%2Fuploads%2FSJPeO2TzHeJ8qMAruupj%2FRGB%20logo.jpg?alt=media&#x26;token=a3108432-0b1f-4f75-be03-8bba1189a37f">RGB logo.jpg</a></td></tr></tbody></table>

### Protocols

<table data-view="cards"><thead><tr><th></th><th></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><h4><a href="https://github.com/RGB-WG/">RGB</a></h4></td><td>Scalable &#x26; confidential smart contracts with client-side-validation</td></tr><tr><td><h4>LNP (Lightning Network Protocol)</h4></td><td>Supporting Taproot, multi-peer participation, DEXes, composability and RGB</td></tr><tr><td><h4>BP (Bitcoin Protocol)</h4></td><td>Libraries implementing bitcoin protocol, for nodes and wallets</td></tr></tbody></table>

## Sponsors & contributors

The association is a non-profit running on funds from our donors. We would like to thank all who made it possible for us to continue operations through the past years.

<table data-view="cards"><thead><tr><th></th><th></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><h4>Pandora Prime</h4></td><td></td></tr><tr><td><h4>Fulgur Ventures</h4></td><td></td></tr><tr><td><h4>Bitfinex &#x26; Tether</h4></td><td></td></tr><tr><td><h4>Hojo Foundation</h4></td><td></td></tr><tr><td><h4>Bitlight Labs</h4></td><td></td></tr><tr><td><h4>DIBA Inc</h4></td><td></td></tr><tr><td><h4>Private donors</h4></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

Not all donors can be named, many of them are anonymous or would like to respect their privacy.

### Donations

We are accepting donations for the 2023 year via our [BTCPayServer page](https://btcpay.lnp-bp.org/btcpay/apps/XoNQvS2C2ePC2nWuRm3qajUWGkV/crowdfund).

## Community

You can follow our activities & join the community through the following channels:

<table data-view="cards"><thead><tr><th></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><a href="https://github.com/LNP-BP"><strong>GitHub</strong></a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="https://www.youtube.com/@LNPBP"><strong>YouTube</strong></a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="https://t.me/lnp_bp"><strong>Telegram</strong></a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="https://twitter.com/lnp_bp"><strong>Twitter</strong></a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/lnp-bp/"><strong>LinkedIn</strong></a></td></tr></tbody></table>