News about Lightning

More / Bitcoin Reddit - 1 year ago

Lightning Node Setup Best Practices

I have my Bitcoin and Lightning nodes up-and-running and have provided some liquidity to my Lightning wallet. Presumably, next step is to open some channels... to my question... what are the best practices and key considerations when choosing what ch...

More / Bitcoin Reddit - 1 year ago

Hot dang! Lightning is a freaking beast

So I have been using Phoenix for a while and I love it. After seeing many people recommend Bluewallet I have been trying it out since last week connected to my own LND node. Today was the first time I withdrew my lntipbot balance. I'm blown away...

More / Bitcoin Reddit - 1 year ago

Full bitcoin & lightning node on a laptop?

Now that raspberry pi's costs almost 10 times their original price. Is there any reason why I should not buy a used laptop at half the price of a pi and set it up as a full bitcoin and lightning node? submitted by /u/bitcoinuser2...

More / Bitcoin Reddit - 1 year ago

Idea for lightning-powered social media: $5 paywall in sats to join (dynamically changing) a new website. Spammers get banned. Once banned, the $5 payment they made is divided among all users on the platform. Users moderate the platform.

If someone with the proper resources wants to bring this idea to life, feel free to reach out to me. I wrote a whitepaper for a platform but chose not to pursue it in the end because it involved creating an altcoin, and after reflection and a change...

More / Bitcoin Reddit - 2 years ago

Best lightning network wallet

What do you think Is the best lightning network wallet? I use Blue wallet but I've heard that "wallet of satoshi" is better. What do you use and why do you think Is better? (Privacy, self custody...) submitted by /u/Altrui...