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You do not start a node by choosing the LN implementation, but by what do you want to do with it.

CLN = stable, strong, light resources, various plugins, if you want a serious node, run CLN, but you will have some issues connecting to other peers with other implementations.

LND = buggy, using more resources, lots of apps to use, for beginners is good to start learning. Running a routing node with LND will be quite painful. Also quite a lot of incomatibility with CLN and LDK.

Eclair = stable, light resources, trampoline channels, few apps supported, more for specific apps and solutions, used for Phoenix

Electrum = stable, trampoline channels, used in Electrum wallet, is a powerful implementation but less used. Less applications and no routing.

Immortan = light resources, designed for mobile apps (see OBW), hosted channels

LDK = Lightning developing Kit, more used for mobile nodes.

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Brunswick 1y ago

https://voltage.cloud/blog/lightning-network-faq/what-are-the-differences-between-lnd-and-cln/

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DarthCoin ₿⚡️ 1y ago

Yes Voltage blog have very good articles.

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