Presentation of LNP Node, Part I

Introduction, overview and architecture of the LNP Node https://github.com/LNP-BP/lnp-node

Protocol future

NFT transfers in generalized LN with channel factories
UDP hole punchng discussion results LNP-BP/LNPBPs#39 and overall UDP support + Dazaar/Hypercore integration
Sign to contract instead of pay to contract commitments LNP-BP/LNPBPs#65
MW-like Pedensen commitment aggregation for the historical data LNP-BP/LNPBPs#57
Merge-mined chain allowing excellend scalability with single-key-per-block concept

Proposals (first, second) for onion messaging BOLT extensions from Rusty Russel for new extenstions allowing non-payment (i.e. generic) messaging.
Simplicity WIP branch in elements/liquid beta
Schnorr signature implementation PR for rust-secp256k1 by Tibo from Digital Garage.