Collection of useful resources for lightning node operators maintained by @aaaljaz.
Must reads
- Understanding Lightning by Diamond Hands
- Lopp liquidity management guide
- Liquidity mgmt by Alex Bosworth
- Lightning 101: Node Profitability feat PLEBNET
- Adventures in running a lightning node
- how to get inbound liquidity
Install LND
- lnd install guide by Alex Bosworth
- official lnd install docs
- bitcoin-kit-makefile
- lnd postgres
- lnd via vpn
- the road to node
Install CLN
Backups and recovery
Self-host on raspberrypi or custom hardware
Managed cloud hosting
Implementations
Web UI for node management
Security
Node management
- cln cheatsheet
- balanceofsatoshis
- BOS-Commands-Document
- charge-lnd
- rebalance-lnd
- circuitbreaker
- lndpytools
- lightning-jet
- lndmanage
- lntop
- suez
- clboss
- lnd-manageJ
- ln-charts
Node services
Channel open suggestions for your node
Tutorials
- Lightning node management by Openoms
- Bitcoin tutorials by openoms
- Node liquidity guide by Darthcoin
- Lightning cleaning machine by Darthcoin
Liquidity
Swaps
LN explorers
Communities
LSP/Channel lease
- lnbig
- lightningconductor
- LN+
- lightning conductor channels
- lightningto.me
- bitrefill
- flow by voltage
- blocktank
Liquidity Marketplace
Watchtowers
Mempool
Communities
Education
- Lightning curriculum by Chaincode
- Mastering Lightning book
- Rebalance Your Bitcoin Lightning Network Node Like a PRO
- How To Run A Bitcoin Lightning Network Node - Step By Step Tutorial
- t-bast docs on lightning
- lightning workshop
- Cyberhub on lightning network
- Lightning network developments by Igor Korsakov
Lightning network stats
Interesting reading
Want to explore what is happening in lightning ecosystem check out Lightning Landscape.
Curious whats happening with Discreet log contracts? There’s dlc.wiki.
Wanna know what people are building on Nostr? nostr.net to the rescue.
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