One of my goals this year - any resources on how to get started ?
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get a lenovo thinkcentre m700 on ebay, install nostr:npub126ntw5mnermmj0znhjhgdk8lh2af72sm8qfzq48umdlnhaj9kuns3le9ll follow their DIY guide, then install LND & AlbyHub is probably the most direct way to get started. after that, check out ThunderHub and Lightning Terminal apps, then LightningNetwork.plus and 1ml.com and amboss.space
You can use asknostr hashtag to ask for inbound liquidity and post your lightning node's pubkey. Ask for larger channels to avoid rebalancing needs, like 10M+ sats is preferable, but 5M is good too.
You will also need to have outbound liquidity, just open outbound channel to popular payment nodes like Zeus's node (https://amboss.space/node/031b301307574bbe9b9ac7b79cbe1700e31e544513eae0b5d7497483083f99e581) or AlbyHub's node (https://amboss.space/node/031f3b9c62afed62f9939ac4abc28dc4bf70b198a8410b3634e5676462f5932fa6).
Use Lightning Terminal to access AutoFees, ThunderHub for insight on your node.
We can discuss more when you get here.