Being on nostr since 2022 I just sort of set up my lightning address with a Wallet of Satoshi address and forgot about it (to say nothing of my mercurial use of nostr).
So many zaps over the years ... like tears in rain (Bladerunner.jpg).
Anyway I finally got around to self-hosted LNURL pay/Lightning Address/Zap infrastructure and now I need to come up with some banger notes to make up for lost time and lost sats.
AMA about self-hosting a LNURL-pay server + Lightning Address I guess
Whats the setup costs? Channel opening maintenancr etc?
Thanks for helping reveal unspoken predicates and assumptions on my part. To be clear, I already had a self-custody lightning node and have for many years. This can be hosted at home and exposed on clearnet, run on Tor, protected by VPN, Cloudflare tunnel, or other means. LND is easier to find compatible LNURL-pay software. Liquidity costs (for inbound channel) can be pretty low. Alternatively, you can open outbound only (free), spend sats as you would normally, and anything you spend becomes inbound liquidity to your node.
If you can run LND or Core Lightning, you can surely also run the LNURL-pay software, so no extra costs or overhead there.
You will need a domain which runs you $10-$50 / year. I use porkbun.com
