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Getting Started with Lightning
Explore the different ways to use Lightning depending on your technical comfort, from simple custodial wallets to running your own node.
Course length: 0 mins 4 secs
Passing score: 80%
The easiest entry point to Lightning through custodial wallets, covering how they work, their benefits for beginners, the trust tradeoffs involved, and when to graduate to self-custody.
The middle ground between custodial convenience and full self-hosting, where you hold your own keys while a service provider manages the Lightning node infrastructure.
Running your own Lightning node on your own hardware for maximum sovereignty, covering hardware options, software choices, setup process, and operational requirements.
A framework for deciding where on the custody spectrum to operate based on your technical skills, time availability, funds involved, privacy needs, and specific use case.