67 upvotes, 6 direct replies (showing 6)
View submission: Lightning Network Megathread
Waiting for the day to add LN to my little Bitcoin Full Node sitting under my desk. He's just doing his thing for free on the network.
Will be nice to get something else than the satisfaction of helping the network.
Comment by [deleted] at 02/01/2018 at 21:50 UTC*
32 upvotes, 2 direct replies
Comment by tripledogdareya at 02/01/2018 at 23:43 UTC
22 upvotes, 2 direct replies
What plans do you have for securing your Lightning Node, considering its need for autonomous signing capability?
Comment by btc_throwaway1337 at 02/01/2018 at 23:25 UTC*
10 upvotes, 0 direct replies
I have questions related to this, just as an average tech / cs geek:
If I wanted to host a mainnet lightning node once it's ready, is it possible?
If so, would an Atom box be good enough?
Is it also necessary to run as a full node / are they related?
Is it also necessary to "seed" the LN / channel(s) I'd host with actual BTC (presumably my own)?
I would be interested in doing this to support the community. Any small fees I may collect would be a bonus (likely to make up for bandwidth and power consumption). I assume another bonus would be making my own lightning transactions cheaper by using my own channel as the entry-point... if I understand it correctly?
TIA for any enlightenment here! :-)
Comment by 6nf at 02/01/2018 at 23:29 UTC
7 upvotes, 2 direct replies
How much BTC would you put in your LN node and who would you peer with?
Comment by coldfusionman at 03/01/2018 at 01:17 UTC
4 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Same. I'd be willing to put up .5 BTC across as many channels as makes sense to get the network going.
Comment by [deleted] at 02/01/2018 at 21:58 UTC
3 upvotes, 5 direct replies
I’m sorry if this comes off as ignorant, but what are the benefits to running a full node? Just to support the community?