? Surely not through the lightning channels as I could authenticate with my 0 balance, freshly created 

 wallet. On the other hand, I could not authenticate

with my Core Lightning node when I gave lnURL string as an argument to 

  despite having two channels and a large gossip file. What command should I use, if any, in order to authenticate with Core Lightning?

lightning

How is the signature [transported to the server][1]? Surely not through the lightning channels as I could authenticate with my 0 balance, freshly created [Mutiny][2] wallet. On the other hand, I could not authenticate 
with my Core Lightning node when I gave lnURL string as an argument to `lightning-cli pay`  despite having two channels and a large gossip file. What command should I use, if any, in order to authenticate with Core Lightning?

[1]: https://stacker.news/items/98600
[2]: https://app.mutinywallet.com/