I’ve been working on LNPay.co to achieve something like the experience you are describing.
You can “bring your own node” hook it up via grpc/rest with readonly macaroon, get an API key and have all the lnurl/invoicing abstractions ready to roll.
Check it out docs.lnpay.co
This looks great! But it seems to have the same flaw as the Tallycoin solution suggested below - I'll have to expose my node to the clearnet.
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Would you prefer being able to connect via Tor? Sounds like LNPay.co could just proxy requests via Tor to hit your node.
There are ways to obfuscate your clearnet connection, without exposing your node directly, e.g. hiding it behind a VPN.
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