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Lightning Node Management
Lightning Node Management
Contents
Lightning basics
Create inbound liquidity
Create outbound liquidity
Comparison table of software implementations
Comparison table of lightning channel markets
Node Types
Merchant
Spending
Routing
Advanced Tools
lnd.conf example
Advanced and automated fee settings
Set up a Watchtower and a Client on the Lightning Network
Methods to create a balanced channel with a trusted peer
Pool usage notes
Bos Score
Technicals
Connecting to a lightning node remotely
High onchain fee environment
Compact the LND database (channel.db)
Manage the LND onchain funds in Electrum Wallet
Recovery
Resources for LND
Resources for Core Lightning
Privacy
Resources on Lightning privacy
VPN tunnels
Hardware deployment
RaspiBolt
RaspiBlitz
TrueNAS (FreeBSD) node
Donate
Donations
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Create inbound liquidity
To create inbound liquidity on an existing channel (to be able to receive payments) can simply pay a merchant accepting Lightning and receive the product or receive the sats back on-chain.
To pay for various gift cards with lightning check out Bitrefill (referral link).

Dual funded channels

Core Lightning dual funded channels on the protocol level

Manual coordination on LND with Balance of Satoshis

Buy inbound channels

Comparison table of lightning channel markets

  • lightning liquidity marketpalce
  • The price for the channel depends on the size and can be calculated as:
    [size] * 0.005 - 2,000
    A 10M channel (0.1 BTC) would cost 48,000 sats.

Voltage Flow

  • Pay for incoming channels.
  • Post an advert and pay satoshis for incoming channels.
  • Pay with Lightning for an inbound channel of up to 16 000 000 satoshis.

​LNBIG.com​

​Yalls.org​

Ask for incoming channels

  • Claim your node on LN+ and join a channel swap for free
  • Opens a channel for free funded with 2 000 000 satoshis. Need to have 10 channels open already to use this service. Add their node as a peer if connecting from behind Tor: $ lncli connect 03b[email protected]138.68.14.104:9735

Join a community

Swap out - trustless

Pay with Lightning and receive onchain.
Lightning Loop is a non-custodial service offered by Lightning Labs to bridge on-chain and off-chain Bitcoin using submarine swaps.
In the current iteration of the Loop software, two swap types are supported:
  • Loop Out: off-chain to on-chain. The Loop client sends funds paid on Lightning to a Bitcoin address.
  • Loop In: on-chain to off-chain. The Loop client sends funds paid on-chain to a Lightning channel.
  • Max swap amount: 4 200 000 sats
  • Example usage for lowest cost (leads to longer confirmation time (estimation for 25 blocks) and higher failure rate (max routing fee 500 sats) - adjust the numbers accordingly): loop out --conf_target 25 --max_swap_routing_fee 500 4200000 [optional external address]
    loop out [command options] amt [addr]
    ​
    # --channel value the 8-byte compact channel ID of the channel to loop out (default: 0)
    # --addr value the optional address that the looped out funds should be sent to, if let blank the funds will go to lnd's wallet
    # --amt value the amount in satoshis to loop out (default: 0)
    # --conf_target value the number of blocks from the swap initiation height that the on-chain HTLC should be swept within (default: 6)
    # --max_swap_routing_fee value the max off-chain swap routing fee in satoshis, if let blank a default max fee will be used (default: 0)
    # --fast Indicate you want to swap immediately, paying potentially a higher fee. If not set the swap server might choose to wait up to 30 minutes before publishing the swap HTLC on-chain, to save on chain fees. Not setting this flag might result in a lower swap fee.
    ​https://lightning.engineering/loopapi​
Fee: 0.5% both ways

Swap out - trusted

​deezy.io​

Swap instantly to get inbound liquidity.
  • API: https://docs.deezy.io/​
  • Get the terms for testnet:
    curl -X GET https://api-testnet.deezy.io/v1/swap/info -H "Accept: */*"
  • Pay the returned invoice to make a testnet swap:
    curl -X POST https://api-testnet.deezy.io/v1/swap -H "Accept: */*" -H "Content-Type: application/json" --data-binary @- <<DATA
    {
    "amount_sats": 100000,
    "on_chain_address": "tb1qr52ajdmyeakwmnelt2c8gg7k6e7v9d0km564n9",
    "on_chain_sats_per_vbyte": 2
    }
    DATA

​Bitfinex​

A non-KYC (if not used for fiat) exchange supporting Lightning deposits (free) and withdrawals (100 sats). Withdrawal onchain costs a fixed 40000 sats. Find it's nodes at https://ln.bitfinex.com/​
Lightning cryptocurrency exchange Fee: 0.5 - 1% both ways

​ZigZag.io​

An exchange that accepts Lightning payments. Max 4M sats Commission ~ 2%

No longer available ChainMarket​

A Lightning to onchain swap market with batched transactions. Fee: 0.5%

Send to a mobile wallet

Most can send to an onchain address afterwards for a fee (swap out).

Self-custodial wallets

Run a separate LN node on your phone or desktop where you can move some funds, so remote balance/ inbound liquidity is created
  • ​Breez​
    A mobile wallet which creates a 1 million sats incoming channel automatically, so funds can be moved over in minutes after setting up.
    Sending the funds out to a bitcoin address on-chain costs 0.5% with Boltz​
  • ​Phoenix​
    Run a Lightning Node on Android, iOS or desktop. Channels are managed manually or by the autopilot.
  • ​Muun Wallet​
    An easy-to-use cross platform lightning wallet.
  • ​Blixt wallet​
    A non-custodial open-source Lightning Wallet for Android and iOS with a focus on usability and user experience.
  • ​Simple Bitcoin Wallet Simple Bitcoin Wallet (aka SBW) is an open-source, non-custodial, autonomous wallet for Android devices which can store, send and receive bitcoins. On top of that SBW provides an extensive Lightning Network support and is capable of sending, receiving and routing of Lightning payments.

Custodial wallets

Pay yourself via LN and benefit from the inbound liquidity created.
The drawback is that you don't control the keys of your custodial wallet.
Examples:
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