Btcpay Server integration: self hosting or third party service?
134 sats \ 3 comments \ @dtonon 17 Oct 2022 bitcoin
I would like to accept Bitcoin+Lightning in an e-commerce (custom made) and Btcpay server seems the way to go. I would like to to do a fast bootstrap and foucs on the integration, in your experience buy an external service is a viable/secure solution or is always better to self host it?
Suggestions? :)
PS: I already read https://docs.btcpayserver.org/Deployment/ThirdPartyHosting/
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @dtonon OP 17 Oct 2022
I'm thinking about LN inboud liquidity too: there are services that provide out of the box an automatic solution to buy liquidity as soon it goes below a certain threshold?
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @dolu 17 Oct 2022
For business, I would recommand to not self host btcpay. If you self host it, you will have to open some ports to access it from outside (it reveals your IP address) or using a reverse proxy (which will be hosted on a VPS or whatever).
The easiest solution is probably using Lunanode https://docs.btcpayserver.org/Deployment/LunaNode/
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @dtonon OP 17 Oct 2022
Thank you for the suggestion! I work for a tech oriented company (we sell a service) and we manage several servers, so it is not a problem to add one more and do some firewall confing. I'm more concerned about Core + LN nodes manage/upgrade.
I will check LunaNode, any particular advantages on Voltage?
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