LN+ asked over 3 years ago

What is a Bitcoin Lightning Network node color?

I hear color being mention in the context of LN nodes. What does color have to do with anything?

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LN+

LN+ Admin wrote over 3 years ago

Color is a hexadecimal string that describes a color. For example #000000 is black, #FFFFFF is white, and #0000FF is a particular shade of blue.  Each node can have a color set by the node operator. Color has no importance in terms of the operation to the node. It's similar to the node alias. It is just a way to visually differentiate one node from another. A color can be changed at any point.

On LN+ we use the node color to create a small colorful bookmark next to your alias on the profile page.


LatentFire

LatentFire wrote almost 2 years ago

How do you change the node colour?


LN+

LN+ Admin wrote almost 2 years ago

You have to do it on your node and LN+ will pick it up and color your profile accordingly. 

How to do it depends which node you are running. Here is how to do it on Umbrel:
https://lightningwiki.net/index.php/Setting_alias_and_color_for_Umbrel

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