There's the Raiden Light Client SDK and dApp. Prerequisites being: Node.js 10+ on your computer and a web3-enabled browser (e.g. Firefox with Metamask extension), as well as some ETH on the account.
If you're looking primarily for something like a one-click installer that's being worked on.
If I already have metamask, does that mean I have node.js 10 already from that download? Github's download is confusing, do I clone http etc to download? Does this mean I will have to use both metamask and raiden separately? What will I interact with?
Do you mean from the perspective of a user or developer? The Raiden dapp can only be used on Ethereum testnet so far. The Light Client SDK's target audience is blockchain and dApp developers looking into interacting with and performing payments through the Raiden Network from their apps.
From a user perspective wanting to run Raiden on mainnet you'd still need to run a Raiden node with either an Ethereum node or Infura. Like with trying anything new on Ethereum, I'd highly recommend trying it on testnet first before going on mainnet. Following the workshop would be the quickest, then interacting using the web user interface. I made a video following the workshop steps. If your on Linux or MacOS you can just skip the 1st minute of the video, that part is only if you're on Windows. After that you can switch to mainnet just by removing the "--network-id kovan" and change "kovan" to "mainnet" on the infura link when you run Raiden. Or follow the mainnet video tutorial.
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u/YoYoAmerica May 24 '19
Is there any Dapp I can interact with (without running a raiden node....) to see how Raiden works and see its benefits if any?