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Zaps sent from and received to my own node feels better than using a custodian. My node may go down due to power, Internet, or server issues, but I'd rather have the piece of mind that my sats are my sats. At least that's what I'm telling myself after removing my Alby Lightning address 🥹

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AK 👸🏻 2y ago

I’d like to do this one of these days. 🤙

Derek Ross 2y ago

it's doable if you're not afraid of the command line, but it's honestly a huge pain in the ass. we need easier point and click solutions.

AK 👸🏻 2y ago

Point and click solutions would be lovely. 💯

Vivek 2y ago

Do you umbrel? Any beginner friendly way to do that?

Derek Ross 2y ago

i ran an umbrel for 3 years. i had this setup working fine on umbrel before i moved to a built from scratch node about 6 months ago or so.

you need a few pieces, such as a reverse proxy like nginx, and a way to hide your home IP address, such as cloudflare.

(in before noooooo don't use cloudflare they're the devil nooooooo.)

Lethal Lee 2y ago

Would you need cloudflare though if you had a reverse proxy cloud hosted?

Derek Ross 2y ago

a reverse proxy from cloudflare or any other provider or a VPS that you own yourself would be needed. you need some way to hide your own home IP address if you care about privacy and security.

Lethal Lee 2y ago

Thanks for the clarification. I initially read that as you need reverse proxy and cloudflare. I figured that a reverse proxy should be good enough.

Curious, does your setup support Tor?

Derek Ross 2y ago

You could have your node only be accessible via TOR and run a proxy on another server to connect to TOR. I've done this before. It's a bit slower, but does work. I used Docker-Socator.

Lethal Lee 2y ago

Thank you! I’ll look into that.

Vivek 2y ago

Thanks for sharing your experience with a beginner like me 🙏🙏🙏 Much appreciated.

mrecheese 🧀 2y ago

It's a no-go for me. Amethyst on Android.

mrecheese 🧀 2y ago

Damn it never mind. It was Tor again. I forget Orbot is running...but, I was unable to zap when using Tor, if that's of any use to you.

Derek Ross 2y ago

i appreciate the testing and the zaps :) back atcha!

mrecheese 🧀 2y ago

No problemo. I'm good at breaking stuff. I loaded that page in Tor browser and it worked, but only after a few cloudflare captchas.

Derek Ross 2y ago

hmm. i dunno. i've been using this setup for most of the past year. i had some issues last spring, which is why i changed to Alby, but i resolved them shortly afterwards, but never updated my address until yesterday. it seems to be working fine for many people.

https://void.cat/d/XcWNjq7NSV5h7JfdTboLQC.webp

does this web page load for you?

https://derekross.me/.well-known/lnurlp/pay

singlebeam 2y ago

Derek, I'm getting a page full of raw text for that link. Amethyst is sending me back to the thread when trying to upload my screenshot. I'll be back.

singlebeam 2y ago

#m=image%2Fjpeg&dim=1007x477&blurhash=Z29H2_%7EqD%25%25M9FayIAj%5Bj%5B00WBaxIUt7WARjxus%3A00D%25t7Rjofxut7xuRjRj%25Mt7WBayM%7Bt7RjRj&x=b8d9c8345bb9894cf429eb72084b394755590293718bde27597c26fbe19794c4

Derek Ross 2y ago

This is correct. This is the "code" for my lightning address. They all look like this.

singlebeam 2y ago

Ah I see!

Sovran Systems 2y ago

Yes, Sovereign Computing can be the way for most people. It can be easy to run your own node too! It is a great feeling knowing I will not be rugged! Why did Alby do this move?

Derek Ross 2y ago

We don't know for sure. I'm hoping one day we'll find out.

Tina 2y ago

I would be happy to receive satoshi or lightning🫠♥️😍