I'm beginning my journey of running a Lightning node and I would like to run a watchtower for added security. My understanding is that it's pointless to have it on the same network, so I'm looking for cheap hosting options. Anyone has any suggestions?
At a pinch I could use another server that I have on a remote location, but it only has a 5Mbit connection and I really don't want to download the entire blockchain on that if I can avoid it.
Also, if I understand it correctly I can run a lightning watchtower on top of a pruned btc node, right? If so, is there a reliable way to not have to download the entire blockchain only to prune it?
235 sats \ 1 reply \ @clr 20 Oct 2022 freebie
Side question: Is there some way to include a reward for the watchtower in the transaction itself? That would incentivize the watchtower operator to do their job and make the system more robust and less dependent on goodwill.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @newnym OP 21 Oct 2022
As far as I know, the only thing the watchtower operator has to do is remain online. Does being a WT take up too much disk space? If so you might have a point.
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47 sats \ 1 reply \ @rijndael 19 Oct 2022
At one point, I just went in the plebnet telegram and found a few other people who wanted watchtowers. We traded endpoints, so were all watchtowers for each other. Worked pretty well.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @newnym OP 19 Oct 2022
Interesting idea.
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50 sats \ 1 reply \ @senf 19 Oct 2022
https://lightningnetwork.plus/watchtower
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @newnym OP 19 Oct 2022
Thanks! I'm going to setup my node to be a client.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @BlokchainB 19 Oct 2022
I don’t I probably should but I’m lazy lol
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