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+# @lightninglabs/lnc-rn
+
+## Lightning Node Connect npm module for React Native
+
+## Install
+
+`npm i @lightninglabs/lnc-rn`
+
+## API Design
+
+#### Set-up and connection
+
+The constructor for the LNC object takes a parameters object with the three following fields:
+
+-   `pairingPhrase` (string): Your LNC pairing phrase
+-   `serverHost` (string): Specify a custom Lightning Node Connect proxy server. If not specified we'll default to `mailbox.terminal.lightning.today:443`.
+-   `password` (string): By default, this module will handle storage of your local and remote keys for you in local storage. We highly recommend encrypting that data with a password you set here.
+
+```
+import LNC from ‘@lightninglabs/lnc-rn’;
+
+const pairingPhrase = ‘artefact morning piano photo consider light’;
+const password = 'u*E0F?gU\d($N&Ckh8u)tLm';
+
+// default connection using WASM from CDN
+// WASM loaded on object creation
+// default host: mailbox.terminal.lightning.today:443
+// password used for encrypting credentials
+const lnc = new LNC({
+   pairingPhrase,
+   password
+});
+
+// using custom Lightning Node Connect proxy server
+const lnc = new LNC({
+   pairingPhrase,
+   serverHost: ‘custom.lnd-server.host:443’
+});
+
+// connect
+lnc.connect();
+
+// check connection status
+lnc.isConnected();
+
+// disconnect
+lnc.disconnect();
+```
+
+#### Base functions
+
+All of the services (lnd, loop, pool, faraday) will be objects under the main lnc object. Each services’ sub-services will be underneath each service object, and each sub-service function below that (except in the case of faraday which only has one service - its functions will live directly under it). All service, function, and param names will be camel-cased.
+
+```
+const { lnd, loop, pool, faraday } = lnc;
+
+// all functions on the base object should have proper types
+// sub-servers exist as objects on each main service
+lnd.lightning.listInvoices();
+lnd.lightning.connectPeer({ addr: ‘03aa49c1e98ff4f216d886c09da9961c516aca22812c108af1b187896ded89807e@m3keajflswtfq3bw4kzvxtbru7r4z4cp5stlreppdllhp5a7vuvjzqyd.onion:9735’ });
+
+const signature = lnd.signer.signMessage({...params});
+
+const swaps = await loop.swapClient.listSwaps();
+const poolAccount = await pool.trader.initAccount({
+   accountValue: 100000000,
+   relativeHeight: 1000
+ });
+
+const insights = await faraday.channelInsights();
+```
+
+#### Subscriptions
+
+```
+const { lnd } = lnc;
+
+// handle subscriptions
+lnd.lightning.subscribeTransactions(
+   params,
+   transaction => handleNewData(transaction),
+   error => handleError(error),
+);
+
+lnd.lightning.subscribeChannelEvents(
+   params,
+   event => handleNewChannelEventData(event),
+   error => handleError(error),
+);
+```
+
+## Updating protos
+
+First, update the service version under the `config` block in `package.json`.
+
+eg.
+
+```
+"config": {
+    "lnd_release_tag": "v0.14.2-beta",
+    "loop_release_tag": "v0.17.0-beta",
+    "pool_release_tag": "v0.5.5-alpha",
+    "faraday_release_tag": "v0.2.5-alpha",
+    "protoc_version": "3.15.8"
+},
+```
+
+Then run the following commands:
+
+```
+# download schemas
+npm run update-protos
+# format schemas
+npm run generate
+```
+
+## Further documentation
+
+- https://docs.lightning.engineering/lightning-network-tools/lightning-terminal/lnc-npm