A curated collection of essential tools, guides, and communities for Bitcoin Lightning Network node operators. - by the mighty LN chad @aljaz
IntroductionIntroduction
This guide provides a comprehensive list of resources for Lightning Network node operators, including installation guides, management tools, security best practices, and community resources. Whether you’re a beginner or an experienced operator, you’ll find valuable information to help you run and optimize your Lightning Network node.
Table of ContentsTable of Contents
- Essential Reading
- Node Installation
- Backups and Recovery
- Self-Hosting Solutions
- Managed Cloud Hosting
- Lightning Network Implementations
- Node Management Web Interfaces
- Security Tools
- Node Management Tools
- Node Services
- Channel Management
- Tutorials and Guides
- Liquidity Management
- Network Explorers
- Communities
- Watchtowers
- Mempool Resources
- Educational Resources
- Network Statistics
- Further Reading
damn you are fast, thanks for the forward!
I was about to update my old list about LN resources too, but now seeing this, I don't have to. You saved me a lot of work.
Many thanks.
i havent been extremely diligent about keeping it very up2date but i'll add more stuff as I'm rebuilding some of the infrastructure
I am migrating all my guides from substack to https://darth-coin.github.io/
That's why I wanted to update some, including the one I had with LN resources.
Maybe is better if I will do a PR to your list :) it's easier I think.
The watchtower in rust
Lots of important information. Most of it, spread all around the web.
Who's writing the "Lightning Network Node Operator Guide" book?
books are not a good format for a constantly changing field - there is new tools and new features being released relatively frequently so anything that is not a living document is doomed to be stale at the time of printing
Exactly that I was about to respond.
I was struggling even with my guides to keep them updated.
Things in Bitcoin are changing so fast and so often that is quite hard to keep up with them.
I was thinking too to write a book based on my guides, but I renounce the idea, exactly because of that: will became obsolete in matter of months.
@aljaz @DarthCoin I understand the problem and I agree that books have a limited life when applied to constantly evolving technology.
However, for someone who is starting, consuming a list of links to separate sources with different writing styles, without a coherent narrative and line of thought, is a crappy experience and will leave a person with many holes in his knowledge.
For example, when learning something new from scratch, I like to read a good book to lay the ground to further explorations.
But again, that question about who's writing the book, was a small joke.
I think https://www.plebnetwiki.com/ is a good start if you want a cohesive overview of things in one place.
You are welcome to take all my guides, are open source and free here https://github.com/Darth-Coin/darth-coin.github.io (website here) and put them into a book as you like 😂😂😂
I really understand you man, a nice coffee table book with all these will be good.
Thank you both for your contributions. As someone said, I'm not going to say who it is???
" MAY THE ₿ITCOIN BE WITH YOU! "
Thank you for this list of resources. Much appreciated.
Bookmarked!
Ty