Comment by nynjawitay on 24/12/2017 at 19:43 UTC

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View submission: ⚡️ needs you. Yes, you.

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Running a core node won’t help you setup lightning. It uses a different backend. From the LND readme:

lnd has several pluggable back-end chain services including btcd (a full-node) and neutrino (a new experimental light client)

So if you want to help get LN sooner, you should start with one of those, not core.

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Comment by armin3d at 24/12/2017 at 19:51 UTC

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Yup, just installed btcd and lnd, it's syncing with testnet3.

Comment by interfect at 25/12/2017 at 02:11 UTC

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Core is the backend for c-lightning. Lnd uses btcd.

Comment by Future_Me_FromFuture at 24/12/2017 at 21:02 UTC

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So, OP lied? Can you run ligtning on core or not?