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0 sats \ 5 replies \ @DarthCoin 9 Feb \ on: How to use Zeus to connect to a node behind Tor? bitcoin_beginners
Zeus embedded node do NOT work over Tor, ONLY by using it together with orbot.
But I will never recommend to open channels with a Tor only node. It will be a pain in the ass and you could lose a lot of sats and liquidity.
You have been warned. LN is offering you enough privacy for transacting. And also Zeus is using like Blixt a neutrino server, so your IP / xpub as client is not leaked.
Just open 1-2 channels with some well known LSP / friendly LN nodes and you are good to go.
https://github.com/ZeusLN/zeus/discussions/2265
WHY? Tor is adding huge delay for syncing with neutrino, why are you cutting your own foot?
When you sync your Zeus be sure you put in neutrino peers only the ones (2-3 max) that have a good ping (under 100-150ms). Here is a list:
btcd1.lnolymp.us | btcd2.lnolymp.us - for US region
sg.lnolymp.us - for Asia region
btcd-mainnet.lightning.computer - for US region
uswest.blixtwallet.com (Seattle) - for US region
europe.blixtwallet.com (Germany) - for EU region
asia.blixtwallet.com - for Asia region
node.eldamar.icu - for US region
noad.sathoarder.com - for US region
bb1.breez.technology | bb2.breez.technology - for US region
neutrino.shock.network - US region
Or choose one that is in your region: https://bitnodes.io/nodes/?q=NODE_COMPACT_FILTERS
Or you can have a local central community Bitcoin core node, over Tor and serving local neutrino clients (Zeus or Blixt) for the whole community. You just have to add a single line in the conf
https://docs.lightning.engineering/lightning-network-tools/lnd/enable-neutrino-mode-in-bitcoin-core
That central core node can server blocks even over a mesh / LAN network.
I encourage ANY local bitcoin community to run a neutrino server with their core node. It cost nothing.
La comunidad tiene un nodo central. Pero para conectarse a ese nodo se tiene que estar detrás de Tor a causa del ISP de aquí.
Necesito saber cuál de las tres opciones usar en Zeus , para no usar Orbot.
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Esta opcion es SOLO para nodos LN remotos, no es para embedded.
Si tienes un nodo LN solo Tor, entonces mejor instalas Lightning Terminal y utilizas la conexion con LNC para Zeus. Es mas estable.
Que nodo es realmente este que no entiendo muy bien el problema.
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CubaBitcoin tiene un nodo Lightning. Localización: Francia, alojado en ISP en Lituania. Aquí es tremendo lío con el ISP de aquí. La solución fue detrás de Tor y listo. Es solo Lightning.
Se llama Cuba Bitcoin.
Tal vez viendo en la mempool.space ves mejor la situación en que estamos
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- No tienes que dar informacion privada por aqui. Yo preguntaba solo que tipo de nodo es y como conectas a el.
- O sea tu ISP esta bloqueando el accesso por clearnet a este VPS (nodo LN) ?
- Entonces la unica solucion es conectar atraves de Tailscale o LNC. Aqui tienes la documentation de como hacerlo: https://docs.zeusln.app/category/remote-connections
- tailscale = private tunnel over private IP
- LNC = Lightning Node connect using Lightning Terminal from LL
Again, using Tor with that node you will have ONLY troubles, but yeah your situation in Cuba is really fucked up with running LN nodes.
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Can you use NWC from any other node? Did you test it ?
Coinos, lnwallet.app, rizful, nodana, minibits or any other service that provide a NWC access, can you test it, if your ISP is not filtering?
If NWC works, you can convert very easily your remote node into a Alby Hub with NWC. You can even create sub-accounts as uncle Jim for more people.
The management part can still be done through a Thunderhub in a Tor browser but using effectively that LN node for payments can be done over NWC.
NWC is a wonderful way to simply use LN accounts: https://nwc.dev/
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