Fix links to 'Reaching The Ground With Lightning' (#3219)
What changed, and why it matters
This commit only updates two broken documentation links in markdown files. It does not change any program code, configuration, or security behavior. There is no security issue.
No action required. This is a documentation-only link fix.
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The commit modifies CONTRIBUTING.md and README.md to replace stale GitHub raw/master URLs for the ‘Deployable Lightning’ / ‘Reaching The Ground With Lightning’ PDF with a permalink to a specific commit path. No source code, build scripts, dependencies, or runtime logic are affected.
Changed components
CONTRIBUTING.mdREADME.mdInspect captured patch +2 / −2
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index dbc9e6c..eafd778 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ You can also use Github issues for [feature requests](https://github.com/acinq/e
- [Bitcoin Whitepaper](https://bitcoin.org/bitcoin.pdf)
- [Lightning Network Whitepaper](https://lightning.network/lightning-network-paper.pdf)
-- [Deployable Lightning](https://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning/raw/master/doc/deployable-lightning.pdf)
+- [Deployable Lightning](https://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning/blob/10b10eb981a2c3f2385c3c9ae2244a1767eeca86/doc/miscellaneous/deployable-lightning.pdf)
- [Understanding the Lightning Network](https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/understanding-the-lightning-network-part-building-a-bidirectional-payment-channel-1464710791)
- [Lightning Network Specification](https://github.com/lightning/bolts)
- [High Level Lightning Network Specification](https://medium.com/@rusty_lightning/the-bitcoin-lightning-spec-part-1-8-a7720fb1b4da)
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 98c5409..4aaccf4 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -326,4 +326,4 @@ zmqpubrawtx=tcp://127.0.0.1:29001
## Resources
* [1] [The Bitcoin Lightning Network: Scalable Off-Chain Instant Payments](https://lightning.network/lightning-network-paper.pdf) by Joseph Poon and Thaddeus Dryja
-* [2] [Reaching The Ground With Lightning](https://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning/raw/master/doc/deployable-lightning.pdf) by Rusty Russell
+* [2] [Reaching The Ground With Lightning](https://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning/blob/10b10eb981a2c3f2385c3c9ae2244a1767eeca86/doc/miscellaneous/deployable-lightning.pdf) by Rusty Russell
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