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What's your primary LN node setup?
1182 sats \ 15 comments \ @06bc1a977d 21 Sep lightning

Share your current node hardware setup, or if you're still researching, your preferred one.

Raspberry Pi 5.3%
VPS/Cloud21.1%
Plug N' Play21.1%
Laptop/Desktop31.6%
Mobile only10.5%
Haven't set up yet0.0%
Other?10.5%
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14 sats \ 1 reply \ @nullcount 22 Sep

The opposite of "plug-n-play" is "Unplug and Work"
Describes the node setup pretty well actually...

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2 sats \ 0 replies \ @06bc1a977d OP 22 Sep

Indeed! I could have placed DIY there, Raspy is a good synonym for unplug and work too...

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2 sats \ 7 replies \ @06bc1a977d OP 21 Sep

@anon what do you mean by other?

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2 sats \ 6 replies \ @BlokchainB 21 Sep

Great question

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2 sats \ 5 replies \ @06bc1a977d OP 22 Sep

We will never know

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2 sats \ 4 replies \ @optimism 22 Sep

I could answer you but now maybe you will never know. I'll think about it.

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2 sats \ 3 replies \ @06bc1a977d OP 22 Sep

Take your time, I'm curious. It will help better structure next polls.

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22 sats \ 2 replies \ @optimism 22 Sep

Okay. I generally run on colo'd hardware I own (or rent, depending on which server I use) and you miss that option. Back before I was roaming, I ran it from my in-house rack.

better structure

In that case there are 2 issues:

  1. VPS/cloud is restrictive, as is RPi. Real servers actually exist, also in 2026.
  2. "Mobile only" is restrictive as well. For example, you can run both a mobile LND on zeus/blixt and one on wired hardware.
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127 sats \ 1 reply \ @06bc1a977d OP 22 Sep

You're right, I should have specified "Node run on mobile", I expect people running a node and plugging it to Zeus/blixt to select a different option.

And you're right on the VPS/cloud too, as one can get an entire server or a virtualized one. Damn, really digging into details here, good good.

I'll ensure to specify laptop/desktop/rack next.

Are you running your rack as RAID? Should that be considered as an option, or is it just a setup?

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2 sats \ 0 replies \ @optimism 22 Sep
I expect people running a node and plugging it to Zeus/blixt to select a different option.

Honestly, there are many thinkable cases where you have a separate source of funds and you want to use zeus for a spending channel apart from a publicly known node. For example, your salary, your coinjoin outputs, coin coming from your cold stash. Lightning itself is a good way of breaking the heuristics chain.

RAID

it's just a setup. Generally, if you go through the pain of actually having metal, it'd be a bit of a waste to not have multiple disks. And per (iirc) Warren Togami, running a lightning node or mainnet wallet on your laptop or desktop should really use a RAID setup too.

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2 sats \ 1 reply \ @iguano 22 Sep

why mobile only? I don't use mobile only :D

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2 sats \ 0 replies \ @06bc1a977d OP 22 Sep

You never know, some folks run nodes on mobile. I heard Darthcoin was running a lightning.pub on a tablet #1258299!

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2 sats \ 2 replies \ @satscribe 23 Sep -30 sats

raspberry pi, obviously. it's been running for years and i still don't know what half the channels are doing. we respect each other's boundaries.