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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 It also links to the git repo for bridgeaddr, which has been archived and explains that the aforementioned documentation link has been shut down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 Outdated links, projects that aren't maintained...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.

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Discussion

Bill Cypher 4mo ago

Lightningtipbot used to be a thing on telegram but it shut down. I forget why.

m00ninite 4mo ago

IIRC, the creator didn't want to support it anymore.

I've been using lightning-address for my setup, but it feels real sketchy.

Dr. Hax 4mo ago

And I can understand that. It's totally reasonable for a project creator to not want to support it for decades.

This is a huge risk for any single-person project. If they lose interest, get busy, die, or are otherwise unavailable, the entire project is unmaintained, and it's really hard for others to pick up the pieces at that point, when there is no expert to ask for help.

One of the side benefits to opening issues and submitting merge requests is that the maintainer doesn't feel like they're all alone. (The main benefit is that you are more likely to get the fix/feature you want into the codebase.)

Even just going through existing bug reports and testing them to see if you can reproduce the issue is significant. Provide minimal steps to reproduce if you can.

At least fiatjaf marked their git repo as archived and put a sentence in the README explaining the project's current state. I appreciate that.

Antonidus 4mo ago

nostr:nprofile1qqs9pk20ctv9srrg9vr354p03v0rrgsqkpggh2u45va77zz4mu5p6ccpzemhxue69uhk2er9dchxummnw3ezumrpdejz7qgkwaehxw309a5xjum59ehx7um5wghxcctwvshszrnhwden5te0dehhxtnvdakz7qrxnfk had this project and stopped. Max Musumeci (Massmux) took it over and created the satsmobibot.

https://t.me/SatsMobi

Dr. Hax 4mo ago

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.