Setting up a Lightning node
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Off the shelf
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- Casa has an off-the shelf lightning node
- NODL node
- Node on RaspberryPi with a nice LCD
- Lightning in a box
Do it Yourself
Currently there are a handful of different implementation of the BOLT standard. The various nodes from the different vendors or development teams are (or should be) compatible. See the following list and links for more information on setting up a node.
Full node implementations
| Name | By | Open-source | Programming language | Supported operating systems | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| lnd | Lightning Labs | Yes | Go | Windows/macOS/Linux/*BSD | The Lightning Network Daemon |
| Eclair | ACINQ | Yes | Scala | Any OS with Java | |
| c-lightning | Blockstream | Yes | C | Linux | |
| lit | DCI MIT | Yes | Go | Windows (Cygwin)/macOS/Linux | Under development, only for testnet |
Disclaimer: lightningwiki.net does not recommend any implementation(s) and is not responsible for the action(s) of any software. The use of any software is 100% at your risk. It is fully your responsibility. See dangers and risks.
Install help
- Umbrel is the easiest way to start a node, on a Raspberry Pi.
- Guide to Lightning on a Raspberry Pi
- Cyphernode An open-source self-hosted API which allows you to spawn and call your encrypted overlay network of dockerized Bitcoin and crypto software projects (virtual machines).
- Node Launcher by Pierre Rochard