New Service: Lightning Network Daemon (LND)!

Today we are excited to announce Lightning Network Daemon (LND) as the latest addition to the Start9 Service Marketplace! You can view the source code here.

Instructions

1. Ensure you are have EmbassyOS ≥ 0.2.5.
2. Ensure you have both Bitcoin Core and Bitcoin Proxy installed and running.
3. Add a user named lnd to your Bitcoin Proxy config.
4. Install LND from the Service Marketplace.
5. Optionally set custom configurations. We recommend using the defaults.
6. Press Start.

That’s it! You are now running your own Lightning node.

Selecting a Wallet

To use your node, we recommend these wallets:

1. Ride the Lightning (Embassy)
2. Zap (iOS, Android, Mac, Linux, Windows) — Zap is known to have issues connecting over Tor. If you experience these issues, please reach out to the Zap team for assistance.

* Please keep in mind that LND and EmbassyOS are beta technologies undergoing rapid development. While we are not aware of any issues, we recommend only storing trivial amounts of BTC on your Lightning node.