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-`Pub` enables your Lightning node with public Web API's, providing a framework for permissionless applications that depend on Lightning. 
+`Pub` enables your Lightning node with public Web API's over `nostr`, allowing user nodes to act as a server without complex networking and SSL. 
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+These APIs enable a framework for permissionless lightning web apps in a way that promotes a more distributed lightning network by removing hurdles to connect to self-custodial nodes. 
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 - Wrapper for [`LND`](https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/releases) that can serve accounts over LNURL and NOSTR
 - [Methods](https://github.com/shocknet/Lightning.Pub/blob/master/proto/autogenerated/client.md)
 - Accounting SubLayers for Application Pools and Users ![Accounts](https://github.com/shocknet/Lightning.Pub/raw/master/accounting_layers.png)