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I'm wanting to open up a few connections with people so I can have more of a reach with my electrum wallet and can increase their reach while my wallet is online.

IS there a list or should we make one,  I'm considering whether to run my own node as well but all I'd be able to run it from safely is a pi with a pruned chain (and without a constant connection)...

I actually posted about doing something like that back in February.
So, looks like you just volunteered to do it. :-)
Seriously, it's probably a good thing to do and not a lot an effort, but would need someone to keep poking people to post their info.

-Dave

I built a rig to do it. Got busy and did not hook it up.

I would have full size blockchain
1tb nvme m.2 ssd's
64 GB ram
Optimum 200 mb speed

Ive made a start: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5266907.msg54940969#msg54940969

I had trouble opening a node with eclair - apparently a connection problem but I had it via cable and mobile signal so not sure what could cause that... My electrum might do better.

@phil looks like a decent spec for running it, I think the full node syncing is the hardest problem to get past for now (and then electricity costs).

Once this major.
Power
Internet
Cable
Outage is fixed in NJ I will get back to you.

I am up and ready to start a node.

I have not run one in a long time and I have forgotten how to set it up.

the pc is good enough to do it.

the blockchain is loaded up to aug 1 or aug 2 it will be fully synched in about an hour.


Does anyone have a few links for me to set it up?

I will then add respectable members to it.

It will be up most of the time.

Baring blackouts and internet outages.

it has a gen 10 intel i5 10600k cpu.

this will run a dedicated btc node.

 i think i used 20.0 or 19.1

Do we have a cool tutorial topic about running a LN node? I’m willing to run one as the Ninjastic.space official node using the spare memory and space from my next server (which I plan to move on to soon).

okay pc is running.
node is synched
we are on 0.20.0

window 10 pro

Unless you are personally running a node, you really shouldn’t be connecting to a specific node. Doing so will open you up to Sybil attacks.

If you want additional privacy, you can run a node that connects to the rest of the network and your wallet software can only connect to that node. didn’t see the ln in the topic.

For the lightning network, you have to connect to other nodes.
From what I can see with this, if people are using their own names or their own ips and declaring it then they can't really easily launch some sort of attack and this is why I want more nodes to connect to and to offer people the chance to connect to more nodes...


I had one running on Windows 7 but without a fully synced blockchain and didn't test it. I'm quite busy over the weekend but I'll hopefully find time then or on monday/Tuesday to take a look.

But bitcryptex made the lightning network faq and linked this tutorial for Windows (I haven't checked it though): https://medium.com/coinmonks/guide-setup-a-lightning-network-node-on-windows-8475206807f
Faq: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5158920.0

Okay assuming the

 power
 cable
 internet
 phone issues all stay fixed i will look at it on sat and sun.

 This storm was very hard on the NJ NY PA area's grids.

I am running it 0.20.0  and I think I need to set a SOCKS5 proxy  but it is late I will check in the morning.

Socks5 is normally the ones used for vpns or tor afaik if that's wha tyoure doing.

I saw that yesterday, looks like around 1.4 million houses were taken offline.

yeah i have a generator and even with power.

no net
no cable
no cable based phone
and terrible cell phone

the mining farm is up in Clifton about 60 miles north of me. it got service in a day tue- wed only down a day.

and today half of clifton blacked out.

we lost power tues weds thurs got it back 1 am fri.

I am tired of moving the generators around. hauling gas cans and cutting up some fallen branches.

I well feel better tomorrow. hoping farm is back up.

If you're going to start the list, now I see philipma in here, I would suggest adding mocacinno (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=405464) here too. Not sure if you'd consider him super trustworthy as far as people go on this forum... He was one of the first I know well enough to try boot up lightning and he's now on a BTCPay implementation. Might even be a good idea to make that list of Lightning node operators AND their shop implementations.

Somehow I was under the impression you need a full chain for this. What's the memory requirement? If it's not too much, a cheap VPS could do. Although I wouldn't trust those with much funds.

I've always wanted to run "something" that can fund any (small) LN payment request posted on the forum within seconds. I already check all posts, but need the LN side of it to work.

There was a fairly recent *I think* developmenf that allows you to now host a pruned node for it (not sure if it's an spv one or not).
Cheap VPS nodes aren't a bad idea as long as the aup is reasonable and the connection is quite good. I think there was a device you could use to run lightning also (maybe cassa or whatever its called does it).

And what are you after with the posts? You could find ln and a hex string following it or you could find something that'll digest the string. Do you need a hand coding something I can only do python, c# and java to a good enough extent...


I'll send him a pm too. I should make it clear at this point that i will not be the one who decides who's trustworthy and who isn't, I want a list of forum members, from there everyone should be able to make their own informed decisions about who they believe is trustworthy.

A lot of people for example give trust based on how people post and I ignore that when determining whether to trade with someone (unless it's something serious) as a non payment or a delay is more of a problem than whether someone said something someone else didn't agree with... So I realise my views are particularly biased.

I know I have mentioned it before but both raspiblitz https://github.com/rootzoll/raspiblitz and mynode https://www.mynodebtc.com are good "nodes in a box"

raspiblitz is for an RPi (get a 4 and an SSD) mynode will run on an RPi4 or Rock64 or a VM with virtual box.
Good support on both, on github and telegram.

-Dave

If you have something reading the content of each post, you would want to write a function to check if the content has a LN payment request, and if so, copy the URI of the request. Next, you would write a function that checks the request amount and returns the URI if it is above a threshold. Next, write a function that makes a RPC call to your LN wallet to find the payment request.

You would pass each post as follows:
fn3(fn2(fn1(post text)))

I have an Eclair LN Wallet on my Android Device and a Zap LN Wallet on my PC.  The Zap wallet I leave open for days/weeks on end (PC restarts aside) while the Eclair LN wallet is open every few days either to see the balance or add fresh funds I am receiving from the Signature Campaign I am in.

Neither wallet shows up on 1ml.com nore do the channels I have opened on either platform.  I figure because of the mobile phone's regular on/off I don't have a static enought IP and the same is probably true for the PC on Broadband.

If people want to PM me their node address (such as the one below) I'd be happy to add you to my list which I am rebuilding after I uninstalled an earlier Eclair LN on my phone.

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@philipma1957 I've only just come across this thread and am sorry to hear about the recent power/storm issues in your area.  Can I suggest you look into investing in some solar/power packs from the GoalZero.com (https://www.goalzero.com/) company?  I have some of their smaller products and recommend them over similar due to their use of USB or 6V connectors between products unlike other products that rely on copper wires you have to wind up or around.

All my nodes are currently down. What I have till now is :
- 2 x Full Nodes
- 1 x LN Node (no open channels, was only a test install)
planned Electrum server

When the time comes, maybe next year I'll have them all up and running again and I'll let you know then.

Hello.

I just setup a c-lightning node an I'm still new to Lightning Network. The node is up and running but sometimes it just drop connections not sure why. I have already started an issue in github with one of the collaborators. Hope connections can keep up.

I have a question about this initiative.
Do we need to start a thread somewhere about our own node? To answer other people's questions and post information about our node or can we just reply here (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5266907.msg54940969#msg54940969) and that's all?

I have some capacity to open some channels. PM or drop your public key below.

I have a list of bct members with a node here https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5266907.msg54940969#msg54940969

I'll hopefully be able to make one of my own but it's dependent on e working out how to use the vps I just rented ;D.


In case anyone else has a similar question, no need to make a thread unless syou want to just post in the overview thread.