# Introduction of the Light Client for DApp developers

DevFeed: [Introduction of the Light Client for DApp developers](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/introduction-of-the-light-client-for-dapp-developers-16799.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://blog.ethereum.org/en/2017/01/07/introduction-light-client-dapp-developers>)

Author: Zsolt Felföldi

Published: 2017-01-07T03:42:14Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Ethereum Foundation Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/ethereum-foundation-blog.md>)

Topics: [Ethereum](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ethereum.md>), [API](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/api.md>), [App](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/app.md>)

Tags: [api](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/api.md>), [applications](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/applications.md>), [developers](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/developers.md>), [ethereum](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ethereum.md>), [experimental](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/experimental.md>), [hash](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/hash.md>), [implementation](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/implementation.md>), [network](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/network.md>), [research-development](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/research-development.md>), [server](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/server.md>), [transactions](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/transactions.md>), [verify](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/verify.md>)

## AI overview

This article explains the experimental Light Ethereum Subprotocol (LES/1) and how light clients differ from full clients from a DApp developer's perspective. It covers pending transactions, transaction lookup and verification, server dependence, and the limitations of confirming that a transaction does not exist.

## Source excerpt

The first version of the Light Ethereum Subprotocol (LES/1) and its implementation in Geth are still in an experimental stage, but they are expected to reach a more mature state in a few months where the basic functions will perform reliably. The light client has been designed to function more or...