I just made my first Lightning payment from my own node (and opened my first channel with Stacker.news)!
Using Umbrel + Ride the Lightning. Not nearly as difficult as I thought. I have connected my node to Zeus wallet as well.
This tutorial from Satoshi Radio helped a lot.
The only issue I encountered when testing payments on Ride the Lightning was the need for a "max-fee" to be set, which was not available on the dashboard payment widget, but which can be found under "Advanced Settings".
I'm really excited about Lightning. I still have a lot of things to learn to be able to comfortably use this with larger amounts and make sure I am doing things properly.
But overall, I had been led to believe that it was hard to setup Lightning nodes, but it was pretty straight forward I thought.
Congrats! Having that channel to SN really makes zapping and receiving smooth. I started with Umbrel in late 2021. It took me a long time to really explore it, though there is a lot more to explore now. Many people prefer Start9. I've used both, and Umbrel has the easier learning curve for those not familiar with running a server.
Great! 👍 Hope I can get an LN node running this year!
Is that a 10k sat channel?
Must be a payment...
That was my payment lol!
Glad to hear tou had a smooth setup experience.
Congrats! Soon you'll be managing channels and routing liquidity :)
Congrats, I stand out from most of us