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{ text: 'Closing a Channel', link: '/building-a-node-with-ldk/closing-a-channel' },
],
},
{ text: 'Getting Started with LDK Node', link: '/getting-started-with-ldk-node' },
{ text: 'Running a sample LDK node', link: '/running-a-sample-ldk-node' },
{
text: 'Advanced Guides',
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title: 'Docs',
children: [
{ text: 'Introduction', link: '/introduction/' },
{ text: 'Building a node with LDK', link: '/building-a-node-with-ldk/introduction/' },
{ text: 'Running a sample LDK node', link: '/running-a-sample-ldk-node/' },
{ text: 'Architecture', link: '/introduction/architecture/' },
{ text: 'Building a node with LDK', link: '/building-a-node-with-ldk/introduction' },
{ text: 'Getting Started with LDK Node', link: '/getting-started-with-ldk-node' },
{ text: 'Running a sample LDK node', link: '/running-a-sample-ldk-node' },
{ text: 'Architecture', link: '/introduction/architecture' },
{ text: 'Blockchain Data', link: '/blockchain_data/' },
{ text: 'Key Management', link: '/key_management/' },
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{ text: 'Probing and Path Finding', link: '/probing/' },
{ text: 'Examples', link: '/examples/' },
{ text: 'Key Management', link: '/key_management' },
{ text: 'Fee Estimation', link: '/fee_estimation' },
{ text: 'Probing and Path Finding', link: '/probing' },
{ text: 'Examples', link: '/examples' },
],
},
{
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external: true,
},
{ text: 'LDK Review Club', link: 'http://ldk.reviews/', external: true },
{ text: 'Code of Conduct', link: '/code-of-conduct/' },
{ text: 'Code of Conduct', link: '/code-of-conduct' },
],
},
{
title: 'Resources',
children: [
{ text: 'Case Studies', link: '/case-studies/' },
{ text: 'Case Studies', link: '/case-studies' },
{ text: 'Blog', link: '/blog/' },
],
},
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["/building-a-node-with-ldk/closing-a-channel", "Closing a Channel"],
],
},
["/getting-started-with-ldk-node", "Getting Started with LDK Node"],
"/running-a-sample-ldk-node",
{
title: "Blockchain Data",
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text: "Building a node with LDK",
link: "/building-a-node-with-ldk/introduction/",
},
{
text: "Getting Started with LDK Node",
link: "/getting-started-with-ldk-node/",
},
{
text: "Running a sample LDK node",
link: "/running-a-sample-ldk-node/",
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 children: [
 { text: 'Introduction', link: '/introduction/' },
 { text: 'Building a node with LDK', link: '/building-a-node-with-ldk/introduction/' },
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 { text: 'Architecture', link: '/introduction/architecture/' },
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 { text: 'Architecture', link: '/introduction/architecture' },
 { text: 'Blockchain Data', link: '/blockchain_data/' },
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 { text: 'Examples', link: '/examples' },
 ],
 },
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 external: true,
 },
 { text: 'LDK Review Club', link: 'http://ldk.reviews/', external: true },
 { text: 'Code of Conduct', link: '/code-of-conduct/' },
 { text: 'Code of Conduct', link: '/code-of-conduct' },
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 title: 'Resources',
 children: [
 { text: 'Case Studies', link: '/case-studies/' },
 { text: 'Case Studies', link: '/case-studies' },
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 ],
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 {
 title: "Blockchain Data",
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 text: "Building a node with LDK",
 link: "/building-a-node-with-ldk/introduction/",
 },
 {
 text: "Getting Started with LDK Node",
 link: "/getting-started-with-ldk-node/",
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 {
 text: "Running a sample LDK node",
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 { text: 'Closing a Channel', link: '/building-a-node-with-ldk/closing-a-channel' },
 ],
 },
 { text: 'Getting Started with LDK Node', link: '/getting-started-with-ldk-node' },
 { text: 'Running a sample LDK node', link: '/running-a-sample-ldk-node' },
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 title: 'Docs',
 children: [
 { text: 'Introduction', link: '/introduction/' },
 { text: 'Building a node with LDK', link: '/building-a-node-with-ldk/introduction/' },
 { text: 'Running a sample LDK node', link: '/running-a-sample-ldk-node/' },
 { text: 'Architecture', link: '/introduction/architecture/' },
 { text: 'Building a node with LDK', link: '/building-a-node-with-ldk/introduction' },
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 { text: 'Running a sample LDK node', link: '/running-a-sample-ldk-node' },
 { text: 'Architecture', link: '/introduction/architecture' },
 { text: 'Blockchain Data', link: '/blockchain_data/' },
 { text: 'Key Management', link: '/key_management/' },
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 { text: 'Examples', link: '/examples/' },
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 { text: 'Fee Estimation', link: '/fee_estimation' },
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 { text: 'Examples', link: '/examples' },
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 external: true,
 },
 { text: 'LDK Review Club', link: 'http://ldk.reviews/', external: true },
 { text: 'Code of Conduct', link: '/code-of-conduct/' },
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 { text: 'Case Studies', link: '/case-studies' },
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 ],
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 text: "Building a node with LDK",
 link: "/building-a-node-with-ldk/introduction/",
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 { text: 'Closing a Channel', link: '/building-a-node-with-ldk/closing-a-channel' },
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 { text: 'LDK Review Club', link: 'http://ldk.reviews/', external: true },
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 ],
 },
 { text: 'Getting Started with LDK Node', link: '/getting-started-with-ldk-node' },
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 { text: 'LDK Review Club', link: 'http://ldk.reviews/', external: true },
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 ],
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 { text: 'Getting Started with LDK Node', link: '/getting-started-with-ldk-node' },
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 { text: 'Building a node with LDK', link: '/building-a-node-with-ldk/introduction/' },
 { text: 'Running a sample LDK node', link: '/running-a-sample-ldk-node/' },
 { text: 'Architecture', link: '/introduction/architecture/' },
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 { text: 'Running a sample LDK node', link: '/running-a-sample-ldk-node' },
 { text: 'Architecture', link: '/introduction/architecture' },
 { text: 'Blockchain Data', link: '/blockchain_data/' },
 { text: 'Key Management', link: '/key_management/' },
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 { text: 'Fee Estimation', link: '/fee_estimation' },
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 external: true,
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 { text: 'Closing a Channel', link: '/building-a-node-with-ldk/closing-a-channel' },
 ],
 },
 { text: 'Getting Started with LDK Node', link: '/getting-started-with-ldk-node' },
 { text: 'Running a sample LDK node', link: '/running-a-sample-ldk-node' },
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 title: 'Docs',
 children: [
 { text: 'Introduction', link: '/introduction/' },
 { text: 'Building a node with LDK', link: '/building-a-node-with-ldk/introduction/' },
 { text: 'Running a sample LDK node', link: '/running-a-sample-ldk-node/' },
 { text: 'Architecture', link: '/introduction/architecture/' },
 { text: 'Building a node with LDK', link: '/building-a-node-with-ldk/introduction' },
 { text: 'Getting Started with LDK Node', link: '/getting-started-with-ldk-node' },
 { text: 'Running a sample LDK node', link: '/running-a-sample-ldk-node' },
 { text: 'Architecture', link: '/introduction/architecture' },
 { text: 'Blockchain Data', link: '/blockchain_data/' },
 { text: 'Key Management', link: '/key_management/' },
 { text: 'Fee Estimation', link: '/fee_estimation/' },
 { text: 'Probing and Path Finding', link: '/probing/' },
 { text: 'Examples', link: '/examples/' },
 { text: 'Key Management', link: '/key_management' },
 { text: 'Fee Estimation', link: '/fee_estimation' },
 { text: 'Probing and Path Finding', link: '/probing' },
 { text: 'Examples', link: '/examples' },
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 external: true,
 },
 { text: 'LDK Review Club', link: 'http://ldk.reviews/', external: true },
 { text: 'Code of Conduct', link: '/code-of-conduct/' },
 { text: 'Code of Conduct', link: '/code-of-conduct' },
 ],
 },
 {
 title: 'Resources',
 children: [
 { text: 'Case Studies', link: '/case-studies/' },
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 text: "Building a node with LDK",
 link: "/building-a-node-with-ldk/introduction/",
 },
 {
 text: "Getting Started with LDK Node",
 link: "/getting-started-with-ldk-node/",
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 text: "Running a sample LDK node",
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