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25 sats \ 1 reply \ @tbonesteaks 8 Aug 2022 \ parent \ on: Mass Exit Attacks on the Lightning Network [PDF] bitcoin

Are node operators supposed to run their own watchtowers? Or, do you pay a third party to manage a watchtower for you? I think I'm not understanding where a watchtower sits in the lightning network.

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127 sats \ 0 replies \ @om 8 Aug 2022
  • if you run a node on a desktop or a server, you'd normally have the watchtower built in
  • if you have a mobile node that only turns on temporarily, then you might want to run a separate watchtower; but if your setup includes both a desktop and a mobile then you probably want to run a normal node on the desktop and Zeus on the mobile
  • older incarnation of SBW was called BLW and offered watchtowers for rent, I'm not sure what SBW does
  • Phoenix would connect to a random Electrum server and would remind you to run the app periodically
  • Breez by default connects to Bitcoin server of Breez itself so the user just has to trust Breez not to steal
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