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0 sats \ 4 replies \ @DarthCoin 28 Mar \ parent \ on: Lightning node over tor lightning
LN is not fragile. People running those nodes are.
- You never hear about using a wireguard tunnel with a VPS IP? or use tunnelsats.com ?
- If you run a public routing node and you want to atract more routing, you have to make you more public and give contacts, otherwise you are just an obscure marginalized routing node.
Let's say it clear: we will have many different types of LN nodes, as I explained here #486306 Each one should choose the right one for their own goals and possibilities. Not everybody must run a public node.
Public VPNs are not anonymous. The only thing that happens when you use them is that instead of your ISP seeing your traffic, the VPN provider sees your traffic.
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So? As I said, if you really want to be a public routing node, why bother with hidding ?
Tor exit nodes are also vulnerable and controlled. Is just an illusion of privacy.
Or at least use a decoy node, as I explained here:
https://darth-coin.github.io/nodes/public-private-node-liquidity-scenario-en.html
Tor nodes were promoted few years ago for total noobs that don't know how to manage their routers, ports and security... with Tor was damn easy to setup a LN node with Umbrel and other bundles without touching the router, domain etc.
But slowly people realized that is a trap. If you really want to run a serious LN node, then Tor is not the good solution. You must be proficient in networking and security.
Otherwise, just run a simple private node and all good.
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OK, I will take your posts in consideration. I won't be running node now but may in the future to see how (routing) node works.
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Running a private simple node is perfectly fine... and you have multiple options now.
https://darth-coin.github.io/nodes/private-ln-nodes-en.html
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