People aren't going to run a LN node if just some normie off the street. Or if they don't have the time or ability to learn how to do that in order to improve privacy.
They can just get Monero though and achieve it. Pretty sweet.
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I just setup a nostr:nprofile1qqsf07zg4hxyccnkdp07fppxmetpfzru3fg6mgzx3nk8r7af8qnjjygpp4mhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mqpr3mhxue69uhkummnw3ezucnfw33k76twv4ezuum0vd5kzmqpzpmhxue69uhkummnw3ezumrpdejq52q4x7 LN node last night.
its a great middle ground I think, hosted and custodial (semi-custodial?) but good for just messing around with LN.
people like me who are somewhat technical and want privacy coud just spin up a node, open some channels to receive or send funds and then delete the node.
I'm not technical at all so taking my time learning. Have an alby hub channel was vaporized because Im sure I screwed something up when I went to update it. Having a decent amount of sats disappear isn't reassuring and really amping me up to go again lol
Were you hosting the Alby Hub node yourself? If you don't want to mess with that, we highly recommend Alby "cloud" nodes, which run on their hardware....
Yeah I was hosting. If I'm going to do it I'm going to try and learn how to lol
I'm basically in the same situation
every year I wonder about running my own LN node
and every year I decide "ehhh it's not there yet"
it would be interesting
but I dont have that kind of time.
looking at Rizful I'd say it's the right blend of tradeoffs for me.
I’ve ran a lightning node on raspy for 4 years now, no lost channels, no force closures, no crashes, I have no idea what everyone else is doing; but I run a business full time and do this on the side for fun
It’s not that complicated
I'm always open to learn. Start9 has been in my goal list for a while, other thing keep getting in my way.
My raspberry pi has never been that reliable. Shit always craps out on me.
No clue how, I’m running MyNode software and have for years, do you have it on a UPS?
I think you misunderstood me. My raspberry pi sucks balls. The hardware itself is unreliable. I have never used it to run a bitcoin node for exactly that reason. It craps out on me by freezing up frequently. Could be a quality control issue with a bad board. I have heard mixed results with other raspberry pi users who are half in my boat and half in yourse where they experience no issues.
I did misunderstand. Sorry to hear yours craps out on you, I have 2 pi’s both pi 4’s; one 8gb ram and the other 4gb ram; I run a Haven relay, Pi-hole, Cloudflared, private VPN, Bitcoin core, LND, Bitcoin Explorer, Electrum, and Mempool. All stay online for weeks sometimes months at a time.
I'm going to take a look later
With nostr:npub1jluy3twvf338v6zlujzzdhjkzjy8ezj34ksydr8vw8a6jwp89ygshpp2kq you get your own Lightning Node, but it's hosted in the cloud on our servers. So the technical burden is a lot less - but you still get to open and close channels at-will.
How does that impact a privacy standpoint
Good question. For nostr:npub1jluy3twvf338v6zlujzzdhjkzjy8ezj34ksydr8vw8a6jwp89ygshpp2kq nodes, you can totally use a "burner" email address, and a VPN, so we (or anyone else) would have no feasible way to connect your real-life identity with your node. And we've engineered what I believe is the first "disposable node" setup, where you can start a node, open channel(s), send sats around, and then fully delete the node a few minutes later. (Note: We have safety code which won't let you delete the node if you still have sats or open channels!)
Also, Lightning itself, when used correctly, can be very, very private: https://docs.megalithic.me/the-lightning-network/how-private
Cool thanks I'll take a look. You still put a caveat in there though of 'when used correctly' this is where Monero comes in with privacy by default and it's more difficult to screw yourself over
This looks like it will be a good read. Thank you