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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
charge-lnd
Balance of Satoshis Telegram Bot
LND updates
Bitcoin Core updates
TrueNAS (FreeBSD) node
Donate
Donations
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Balance of Satoshis Telegram Bot
Project and readme: https://github.com/alexbosworth/balanceofsatoshis
RaspiBlitz install script: https://github.com/rootzoll/raspiblitz/blob/v1.6/home.admin/config.scripts/bonus.bos.sh usage:
Install Balance of Satoshis from the SERVICES menu
or on older versions:
# update NodeJS
wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rootzoll/raspiblitz/v1.6/home.admin/config.scripts/bonus.nodejs.sh
bash bonus.nodejs.sh off
bash bonus.nodejs.sh on
# download bos install script
wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rootzoll/raspiblitz/v1.6/home.admin/config.scripts/bonus.bos.sh
# run
bash bonus.bos.sh on
Manual installation on the RaspiBlitz:
# check and install NodeJS
/home/admin/config.scripts/bonus.nodejs.sh
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# create bos user
sudo adduser --disabled-password --gecos "" bos
​
# set up npm-global
sudo -u bos mkdir /home/bos/.npm-global
sudo -u bos npm config set prefix '/home/bos/.npm-global'
sudo bash -c "echo 'PATH=$PATH:/home/bos/.npm-global/bin' >> /home/bos/.bashrc"
​
# download source code
sudo -u bos git clone https://github.com/alexbosworth/balanceofsatoshis.git /home/bos/balanceofsatoshis
cd /home/bos/balanceofsatoshis
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# make sure symlink to central app-data directory exists ***"
# not a symlink.. delete it silently
sudo rm -rf /home/bos/.lnd
# create symlink
sudo ln -s "/mnt/hdd/app-data/lnd/" "/home/bos/.lnd"
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# make sure rtl is member of lndadmin
sudo /usr/sbin/usermod --append --groups lndadmin bos
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# install bos
sudo -u bos npm install -g balanceofsatoshis
Run from the bos user: $ sudo su - bos
$ bos help

To set up a Telegram bot connected to your node

WARNING: the Telegram Bot will send encrypted messages about the events on your node over clearnet, which are decrypted by the central Telegram Bot API
To avoid leaking your public IP to Telegram use torify before the bos telegram command to route communication through Tor: torify bos telegram related issue: https://github.com/alexbosworth/balanceofsatoshis/issues/54
  • Got to t.me/BotFather /newbot
  • Copy the API key
  • in the terminal (in tmux if want to keep running): torify bos telegram
  • paste the API key to the terminal
  • In your new TG bot: /connect
  • paste the connection code to the terminal for bos.

gist with comments

https://gist.github.com/openoms/823f99d1ab6e1d53285e489f7ba38602#to-set-up-a-telegram-bot-connected-to-your-node

Adding BOS-Telegram Bot to your startup scripts

https://github.com/ziggie1984/miscellanous/blob/97c4905747fe23a824b6e53dc674c4a571ac0f5c/automation_telegram_bot.md
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To set up a Telegram bot connected to your node
gist with comments
Adding BOS-Telegram Bot to your startup scripts