82 sats \ 12 replies \ @BlokchainB 16h \ on: Stacker Saloon
Nothing more frustrating then having node issues away from home. I swear tor is killing the lightning network
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132 sats \ 10 replies \ @DarthCoin 14h
I swear tor is killing the lightning network
I scream out loud that for several years. Yet people still run LN nodes over Tor. Just run a private node. There's no need for public nodes over Tor. Those are doing more damage then good to the whole network.
If you really want to run a public LN node but still want to hide your home / private location from where you run the node machine, just do this:
  • buy a cheap 5 bucks VPS with a public IP
  • run a VPN tunnel with wireguard between that VPS and your node
  • your node will use that VPS IP as "public IP", not your home IP.
Done, you will have a nice node on clearnet that never fail.
Tor is NOT suitable for LN nodes.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Rothbardian_fanatic 3h
@DarthCoin it looks like you are also into cybersecurity. Is that the case?
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0 sats \ 8 replies \ @BlokchainB 12h
Yeah tired of my node randomly not working. Star9 doesn’t allow you to run LND via clearnet
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85 sats \ 6 replies \ @DarthCoin 12h
See more options here, including a private LND node https://darth-coin.github.io/nodes/private-ln-nodes-en.html
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21 sats \ 5 replies \ @BlokchainB 12h
I will read. Will rethink my approach to LN nodes
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250 sats \ 0 replies \ @DarthCoin 6h
here is a great video tutorial how to use wireguard with a VPS, by 402 Payment required. Great tutorials channel.
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58 sats \ 3 replies \ @DarthCoin 12h
Don't get me wrong. I am not saying you should not run a node. I am just pointing out an important aspect that many users do not know: we have 2 types of nodes, public and private and each could be run in different ways. As I explained here #486306 and here: https://darth-coin.github.io/nodes/managing-lightning-node-liquidity-en.html
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21 sats \ 2 replies \ @BlokchainB 11h
I know. I just had this dream of running a routing node for the overall good of the Network. But it’s starting to feel a bit naive.
The node that I can’t connect to was my routing/ln payments node. But as soon as my SN zaps were failing I knew my node has issues. I was also using that node to sell channels on magma. The node would be fine if it was clearnet but it’s behind tor and I wonder if it’s Tor or something else going on with my software that is causing the random outrages
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61 sats \ 1 reply \ @DarthCoin 11h
Just do this:
  • buy a cheap 5 bucks VPS with a public IP
  • run a VPN tunnel with wireguard between that VPS and your node
  • your node will use that VPS IP as "public IP", not your home IP.
Voila! Your node is fully on clearnet and will not have issues anymore. Thank me later.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @BlokchainB 11h
Will give it a shot. After I fix my star9 node
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @nym 2h
Tracks for the tip. Was thinking about buying one from them, but maybe I’ll keep looking.
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72 sats \ 0 replies \ @nym 14h
I agree. I've gone with local only, and just try not to use it when away.
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