LN+ asked over 2 years ago
What if I can't run a Lightning Node at home?
My power and internet is not stable at home, therefore I can't run a Lightning Network node, but I still want to run one. What are my options?
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LN+ Admin wrote over 2 years ago
It's important to run your Bitcoin Lightning Network node 24/7. It's not like a Bitcoin node that can be on only parts of the day. The LN node needs to be online in order to be able to participate in routing. If you're offline often for any reason your peers may close your channel for holding their funds "hostage" on a channel that is inactive.
You can still operate a Lightning Network node in the cloud. Voltage.Cloud offers a solution where you can pay a monthly or yearly fee to run an LN node in the cloud, so you don't have to worry about power and internet connection at your home. You still hold the private keys to the LN node, so this is not a custodial solution. You can connect to this cloud node with locally installed LN apps, like Thunderhub or LND CLI.
You can still operate a Lightning Network node in the cloud. Voltage.Cloud offers a solution where you can pay a monthly or yearly fee to run an LN node in the cloud, so you don't have to worry about power and internet connection at your home. You still hold the private keys to the LN node, so this is not a custodial solution. You can connect to this cloud node with locally installed LN apps, like Thunderhub or LND CLI.
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