Peter at the podcast What Bitcoin Did had a special month dedicated to Lightning. About The Lightning Network The Lightning Network is a second layer technology built on top of the Bitcoin protocol, designed to enable cheap and fast payments. This series is dedicated to learning more about the technology Read more…
This is a very fun guide on how to set up a lightning node with Umbrel (You can use another node, doesn’t have to be Umbrel), and then stream audio through Sphinx Chat. Your fans can support you directly with sats. This is being used by podcasters but I’m sure Read more…
Vlad Costea posted this guide for the Lightning network, explaining a lot of the things about it, how to start, what the node options are, the works. Seriously, Vlad, I could have used this like 2 months ago. Anyway, better late than never, check out the guide and get educated. Read more…
Lightning is a very complex network for operators. Sometimes it’s hard to figure out the intricacies. You can go with the DIY route of getting a Raspberry Pi with Raspiblitz or you can get Umbrel, which seems to be the best one for newbies. One of the biggest questions everyone Read more…
Lightning is a patch on top of Bitcoin. It’s still the best payment solution out there, no matter what people might claim, but it’s a pain sometimes. Basically, when you set up a fresh node, you need sats coming in as well as coming out. That’s liquidity. The way routing Read more…