225 sats \ 3 replies \ @remyers 20 May 2023 \ on: What's Under the Hood of the Big Lightning Nodes? bitcoin
Don't sleep on Eclair if you are investigating setting up a professional routing node.
ACINQ runs one of the largest nodes on the network and their node software is (of course) open source. They have been running a large node for years, so much of the necessary optimizations and features already exist for running a large node. Eclair has been battle hardened over many years.
It's funny. I just saw your post at the exact moment I was listening to Ryan Loomba describing Eclair in recalling cashapp's node planning. His exact quote was something like Eclair has already proven its scaling ability.
They ultimately went with LDK.
The video was referred to me by @031ef7d322 in his original response.
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Big +1 on @remyers
I don't use Eclair, but been observing in awe how they are running this power node with basically no downtime and super high speed, despite their size and age.
Notable also their mobile wallet phoenix, which doesn't get enough attention these days despite their reliability and robustness.
Don't miss this article from ACINQ on their underlying architecture, it's enlightning (pun intended)
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Amazing article! Thanks.
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