Lightning Network

[MadGamer]

I decided to start experimenting and playing around with Lightning network. Which wallet would you recommend for Windows? I'm only aware of Zap, any other ones? Preferably usable in both mainnet and testnet.

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[DooMAD]

The impression I get is that Zap is probably the only one with a simple, user-friendly GUI at the moment, unless someone's working on another one I haven't heard of yet.  Zap is based on lnd by Lightning Labs, which does now have a mainnet beta release, so you could use that by itself if you wanted, but it's likely a little more complex than Zap.  Or, you can also use c-lightning or eclair, but (and I could be wrong here) you might have to change some settings to get those running on mainnet.  I'd say Zap is the best choice unless you're a particularly tech-savvy user.

[whywefight]

Zap seems the best looking one and pretty easy, unless i didnt miss something: "All Zap releases will be testnet only until further notice"

I am currently running a node on main net, seems like i should start a second on test as i am missing all the fun. most people are still pretty careful.

[bob123]

Zap seems the best looking one and pretty easy, unless i didnt miss something: "All Zap releases will be testnet only until further notice"

Zap can be configured to run on mainnet.

You simply have to open the folder ../lightningnetwork/lnd and edit one line of the file chainparams.go from

Code:

var activeNetParams = bitcoinTestNetParams

to

Code:

var activeNetParams = bitcoinMainNetParams 

Additionally you have to add this to the file:

Code:

var bitcoinMainNetParams = bitcoinNetParams{ Params: &bitcoinCfg.MainNetParams, rpcPort: “8334”, }

For a full guide on how to set up zap on mainnet you can take a look at this: https://medium.com/@zaptrem/mainnet-lightning-run-lnd-zap-desktop-on-windows-f73cf78dd633

[vlom]

is there something for OSX? i mean. something with a GUI.
i just found this.
http://dev.lightning.community/guides/installation/

[blocklife]

There should be mate.
you just gotta be careful before installing anything.
make sure it has and actual community of users

also ensure the url is not malicious from virus total

[hugeblack]

I decided to start experimenting and playing around with Lightning network. Which wallet would you recommend for Windows? I'm only aware of Zap, any other ones? Preferably usable in both mainnet and testnet.

I will talk about Lightning-App Since everyone talked about Zap Desktop:

1. Create a folder: C:\Users\username\Desktop\Lightning-App
press ENTER
2. open RUN(windows+R) type cmd (run as an administrator) then type:
cd C:\Users\username\Desktop\Lightning-App
press ENTER
3. type: "git clone https://github.com/lightninglabs/lightning-app.git"
press ENTER
4. type: "cd lightning-app" then "npm run setup" Wait 2–4 minutes then "npm run package-electron"(this will creat .exe)
5. close cmd and open "release" folder (will find it inside Lightning-App folder).
6. open lightning.exe