It's a bloody mess out there!
1. This guide links to a non-existant git repo called LightningTipBot
https://www.massmux.com/howto-complete-lightningtipbot-lnbits-setup-vps/
2. Presumably this has been renamed to lightning-address. That repo also links to the non-existant LightningTipBot, but also says to use bridgeaddr. It links to documentation that doesn't exist.
https://github.com/LightningTipBot/lightning-address/blob/master/BRIDGE.md
3. It also links to the git repo for bridgeaddr, which has been archived and explains that the aforementioned documentation link has been shut down
https://github.com/fiatjaf/bridgeaddr
So it's just one dead end after another. Outdated links, projects that aren't maintained...
When I get my systemset up, I'm going top fix this for everybody. Well maintained scripts and guides, using maintained and secure software. End of story.
If you gave pointers, send 'em my way.
There were also a few dead ends, such as the DarthCoin's bitcoin guide, which doesn't seem to address lightning addresses.
And then of course all the people who wrote something up and at the end they link to DarthCoin's guide saying they got the info from there.
To be clear, these may be fine guides, but they are incomplete. Having a lightning address is a pretty fundamental feature when running your own lightning node. And that's true whether you are on Nostr or not.
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