102 sats \ 0 replies \ @DarthCoin 4 Oct 2022 \ on: Which LN implementation is best for a newbie looking to run a node? bitcoin
Before starting to run a node I would strongly recommend to ask yourself: WHY do you want to run a node and depending on the answer, act accordingly. There are many ways and solutions.
I wrote several guides and articles about running node, as I am an old LN node runner too, from beginnings of 2019. Inside my guides you will find more LN documentation and tutorials.
- Read here the introduction on this guide about WHY running a LN node
- Which node software I could run?
- Lightning node fees experiment
- Recommendations for new LN users
- Lightning node maintenance
- Getting started with LN
As LN implementations, my experience was this:
- CLN = stable, strong, light resources, various plugins, if you want a serious node, run CLN
- LND = buggy, using more resources, lots of apps, for beginners is good to start learning
- Eclair = stable, light resources, trampoline channels, few apps supported, more for specific apps and solutions, used in Phoenix
- Rust = stable, trampoline channels, used in Electrum, is a powerful implementation but less used.
- Immortan = light resources, designed for mobile apps (see SBW.app), hosted channels
- LDK = Lightning developing Kit, I think the name say it all.