# Lampo v23.12-beta.1 aka Santa Claus lives in Area 51 **URL:** \ **Category:** Implementation\ **Tags:** lightning\ **Created:** [December 24, 2023, 7:52pm UTC](https://delvingbitcoin.org/t/lampo-v23-12-beta-1-aka-santa-claus-lives-in-area-51/321 "2023-12-24T19:52:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![vincenzopalazzo](https://delvingbitcoin.org/user_avatar/delvingbitcoin.org/vincenzopalazzo/32/11_2.png) [@vincenzopalazzo](https://delvingbitcoin.org/u/vincenzopalazzo)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2023, 7:52pm UTC](https://delvingbitcoin.org/t/lampo-v23-12-beta-1-aka-santa-claus-lives-in-area-51/321/1 "2023-12-24T19:52:38Z")
First of all, Merry Christmas! In my free time, I have been working on a lightning node using LDK, which I’ve named [Lampo](https://github.com/vincenzopalazzo/lampo.rs) (Italian for lightning), for more than 1.5 years. The initial draft was developed as a toy lightning node to support lnprototest [1] for LDK. During its development, I realized I was nearing the completion of a small, self-contained SDK for building a lightning node with LDK. So, in March, I decided to take a shot at implementing a full node using the Lampo SDK. I have currently supported the first basic commands listed in the following part of the code [2] (admittedly, it’s not ideal, but a help command is on the way), and things seem to be working. I am also close to having integration tests between c-lightning (cln) and Lampo, in addition to including lnprototest protocol tests. Hoping to attract users and contributors, I am excited to release the first public beta version v23.12 today and begin receiving initial feedback on features most desired by the community. However, I cannot promise that I will implement them all—though patches are certainly welcome, of course. [1] [GitHub - rustyrussell/lnprototest: Lightning BOLT Protocol Test Framework](https://github.com/rustyrussell/lnprototest) [2] [https://github.com/vincenzopalazzo/lampo.rs/blob/0b17902058329f5cd723411c582067da2b32c65f/lampod-cli/src/main.rs#L175-L181](https://github.com/vincenzopalazzo/lampo.rs/blob/0b17902058329f5cd723411c582067da2b32c65f/lampod-cli/src/main.rs#L175-L181) [3] [https://twitter.com/i/communities/1736414802849706087](https://twitter.com/i/communities/1736414802849706087)