Yes. It’s looking really nice.
Do you know how their business model works? I didn’t find a satisfying answer 🤷♂️
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I don't know - that's a really good question
There is Citadel, the FOSS alternative to Umbrel. (It's a fork of Umbrel)
This sounds a little bit scary to me(single point of failure) 🥶
“Umbrel servers are powering 90% of all the Lightning Network nodes launched over the last year. What’s more exciting is the fact that the world’s most open, fair, and decentralized monetary network isn’t powered by AWS but by “average people” running Bitcoin and Lightning nodes in their homes. People are voting with their feet by participating directly at the protocol layer and not just the application layer, bypassing all intermediaries.”
I'm a total noob about running nodes, so this question could be pretty silly. Once this is all setup (currently syncing my bitcoin node) will my lightning node be tied to Umbrel? Or is my node truly mine and accessible via other clients?
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I I understand your Q correctly #[4] …
It is your node and you have full control…you are running Umbrel OS and apps, etc. but node is yours 💯
Thanks for that, KP 🙏 If Umbrel were to go out of biz, are there other user-friendly tools to help me in running my node?
yep…you can move away from Umbrel or update without updating Umbrel (i.e. abandon Umbrel effectively)….you can also migrate…although it is a bit advanced but several have done so….so setup and enjoy Lightning. Ask Qs in plebnet you will have fun!
https://plebnet.wiki/wiki/How_to_upgrade_umbrel_without_upgrading_umbrel
Your lightning node is truly yours.
You can fund your lightning channels with the nodes Bitcoin Wallet.
You can install LNDHub on umbrel and connect with BlueWallet directly to your new node for example.
Hop on to https://t.me/plebnet
and meet other node runners and Lightning enthusiasts
Done!
Umbrel is open source but yes it’ll be good to see others grow too.
I have no idea, sponsorhips or something?
VCs ?
“Have you raised any money?
Yes, we raised $3m in our recent round. We’re fortunate to be backed by some of the world’s best investors, including Naval Ravikant, Joseph Jacks (OSS Capital), Sahil Lavingia (shl.vc), Sam Lessin (Slow Ventures), Anne Dwane (Village Global), Andreas Antonopoulos, Owen Gunden, Max Webster, Stephen Cole, and more.”
Source: https://umbrel.crew.work/jobs
I’m not familiar with VCs. The only well known person for me is Andreas Antonopoulos. Maybe we should ask him 😜
They are selling hardware too:
“Our goal is to power this shift by making an incredibly simple yet powerful operating system for running them, and partnering with hardware companies like The Bitcoin Machines to offer plug-and-play Umbrel servers.”
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