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0 sats \ 5 replies \ @andy 1 Jan \ on: Lightning Node "Spare Tire" lightning

I'd try StaticWire over tunnel sats. StaticWire will give you a complete IP address all to yourself.

0 sats \ 4 replies \ @zapomatic OP 1 Jan

what advantage does having a full IP address provide? For IPv4 routing of other ports? in my case, I don't want to expose any other ports...

10 sats \ 3 replies \ @andy 2 Jan

Yes, you can route all ports. You can use an RPC, accept incoming peer connections, run a btcpay server, etc., all on standard ports.

0 sats \ 2 replies \ @Hakuna 11 Jan

I didn't know about this. Interesting offer.

In comparison, you have more port flexibility with StaticWire, vs more straightforward simplicity and better pricing with Tunnelsats. Is that a fair assessment?

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @andy 12 Jan

With StaticWire you have all UDP and TCP ports.

I don't think tunnelsats is more simplicity because you have to run on non-standard ports. Tunnelsats should be cheaper for sure because they aren't allocating you as much capability with their service and you have to deal with the complexity of non-standard ports.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Hakuna 15 Jan

There is no complexity of dealing with non-standard ports. If you're somewhat decently connected, gossip needs 2-7 minutes transferring changes across 95% of the network.

And once you have the custom-port, it doesn't change with your subscription. So port 1377 is as good as 9735, doesn't matter at all.