lnd
Lightning Network Daemon ⚡️ (by lightningnetwork)
loop
Lightning Loop: A Non-Custodial Off/On Chain Bridge (by lightninglabs)
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| lnd | loop | |
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| 250 | 15 | |
| 7,487 | 538 | |
| 1.2% | 2.6% | |
| 9.9 | 9.1 | |
| about 11 hours ago | 1 day ago | |
| Go | Go | |
| MIT License | MIT License |
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Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
lnd
Posts with mentions or reviews of lnd.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-04-12.
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Analyzing Bitcoin Transactions with Lightning Node Insights
Install LND: https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/blob/master/docs/INSTALL.md#install-lnd Install Bitcoin Core: https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/master/doc/build-windows.md#building-with-mingw-w64-cross-tools
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Simulate your first Lightning transaction on the Bitcoin regtest network Part 1 (MacOS)
To be able to follow along, you must have both bitcoind and lnd installed.
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If I connect a personal wallet to my Bitcoin Lightning node, do I have to open a channel?
If you want multiple users, you'll need multiple node instances. LNbits (mentioned by /u/sos755) does not implement this. Rather, it simply abstracts the funds associated with a single node into multiple logical accounts. This means that the node administrator still has underlying control of all funds associated with the node. See this GitHub discussion for a bit more info: https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/issues/2652
- recommendations for a docker container
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I have a dedicated LN seed phrase on a metal seed storage and would like to import it into an LN wallet + would like to have a basic backup of LN data on an encrypted cloud = Which wallet can handle this? Any advice? Note: I don’t want to run an LN node right now.
LND doesn’t use BIP39 mnemonics. https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/blob/master/aezeed/README.md
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Advice/suggestions on running a BTC node (w/ lnd) on a Mac Mini 2018
Both Bitcoin Core and LND have binaries available for macOS, for example. I have not seen an actual guide to set everything up on macOS tho. It's quite similar to Linux honestly.
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How do you default LND to use Taproot and enable RBF (for on-chain transactions)?
As for taproot change addresses, this has been the default behaviour since version 0.15.5. Just update your lnd and you're all set.
- LND Channel Funds
- lnd v0.16.0-beta released! Huge update - bimodal pathfinding, fundpsbt changes, bug fixes, and more!
loop
Posts with mentions or reviews of loop.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-12-26.
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What are best tools for ground up bitcoin/lightning node?
I like RTL, services like loopd for channel rebalancing or if you're so inclined, the whole lightning terminal package. I love jochen's mempool explorer (source code) when estimating fees. I use blockstream's block explorer esplora (source) for my block explorer. There's so many fun tools out there I can't even come close to naming them all.
- [lightninglabs/loop] Release v0.18.0-beta - v0.18.0-beta
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Loop-out prepay lost?
From https://github.com/lightninglabs/loop/blob/master/docs/faqs.md
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Can't loop out through Bitrefill
I use RTL a lot but I have loop out problems in everything that’s why I use CLI. The command is easy https://github.com/lightninglabs/loop
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Software release: Lightning Terminal v0.5.0-alpha (LND/Loop/Pool/Faraday)
This release packages LND v0.13.0-beta, Loop v0.13.0-beta, Pool v0.5.0-alpha, and Faraday v0.2.5-alpha.
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My reply to people who tell me to “just use lightning”
No, you can also loop it out (https://github.com/lightninglabs/loop). It can use batched transactions to save on fees.
- Just used LN for the first time!
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Can I add Sats to an open channel?
You can use loop in to refill channel with onchain funds. https://github.com/lightninglabs/loop#loop-in-swaps
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How to withdraw LN sats to onchain without hurting my channels?
You would have more details on why it failed in loopd debug logs. If you have access to cli, you can try using command check github docs for command options. https://github.com/lightninglabs/loop#loop-out-swaps
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Lightning network channels are starting to become impossible to open/close/route payments due to double digit fees.
You don't have to close or open a channel to get funds in or out of the lightning network. https://github.com/lightninglabs/loop
What are some alternatives?
When comparing lnd and loop you can also consider the following projects:
lightning - c-lightning — a Lightning Network implementation in C
boltz-backend - Boltz Backend
lightning - Core Lightning — Lightning Network implementation focusing on spec compliance and performance
raspiblitz - Get your own Bitcoin & Lightning Node running - on a RaspberryPi with a nice LCD
umbrel - A beautiful home server OS for self-hosting with an app store. Buy a pre-built Umbrel Home with umbrelOS, or install on a Raspberry Pi 4, Pi 5, any Ubuntu/Debian system, or a VPS.
lightning-terminal - Lightning Terminal: Your Home for Lightning Liquidity
pytorch-lightning - Pretrain, finetune and deploy AI models on multiple GPUs, TPUs with zero code changes.
bolts - BOLT: Basis of Lightning Technology (Lightning Network Specifications)
awesome-lnurl - A curated list of awesome lnurl things.
RaspiBolt - Bitcoin & Lightning full node on a Raspberry Pi
electrum - Electrum Bitcoin Wallet
BOLTS_archive - BOLTS is a open library of technical specifications