Collection of useful resources for lightning node operators maintained by @aaaljaz.

Must reads

• Understanding Lightning by Diamond Hands
• Lopp liquidity management guide
• Liquidity mgmt by Alex Bosworth
• Lightning 101: Node Profitability feat PLEBNET
• Adventures in running a lightning node
• how to get inbound liquidity

Install LND

• lnd install guide by Alex Bosworth
• official lnd install docs
• bitcoin-kit-makefile
• lnd postgres
• lnd via vpn
• the road to node

Install CLN

• video tutorial for CLN install
• rootzoll's CLN guide
• raspiblitz CLN guide
• core lightning plugins

Backups and recovery

• lnd backup and recovery
• core lightning backup

Self-host on raspberrypi or custom hardware

• raspiblitz
• umbrel
• mynodebtc
• nixbitcoin
• blockstream tutorial

Managed cloud hosting

• nodl
• voltage
• tidebinder

Implementations

• LND
• core lightning
• eclair
• sensei

Web UI for node management

• Ride the Lightning
• Thunderhub
• lncli-web
• lightning terminal
• lndg
• torq

Security

• Validated Lightning Signer
• Sphinx key
• Lightning Vault

Node management

• cln cheatsheet
• balanceofsatoshis
• BOS-Commands-Document
• charge-lnd
• rebalance-lnd
• circuitbreaker
• lndpytools
• lightning-jet
• lndmanage
• lntop
• suez
• clboss
• lnd-manageJ
• ln-charts

Node services

• lnrouter.app
• lnnodeinsight
• bolt.observer
• lightning.watch

Channel open suggestions for your node

• gridflare
• moneni nodematch
• lightning terminal
• lightning-network-autopilot

Tutorials

• Lightning node management by Openoms
• Bitcoin tutorials by openoms
• Node liquidity guide by Darthcoin
• Lightning cleaning machine by Darthcoin

Liquidity

Swaps

• Inbound liquidity guide
• coinos
• fixedfloat
• sideshift
• deezy
• boltz.exchange
• Loop
• zigzag

LN explorers

• 1ml.com
• amboss
• acinq explorer
• lnlighthouse
• bolt.observer explorer
• mempool explorer

Communities

• Rings of Fire
• Lightning liquidity & Pool
• liquidity swaps on reddit

LSP/Channel lease

• lnbig
• lightningconductor
• LN+
• lightning conductor channels
• lightningto.me
• bitrefill
• flow by voltage
• blocktank

Liquidity Marketplace

• Pool
• Flow
• Magma

Watchtowers

• The eye of Satoshi
• lnd watchtower

Mempool

• Mempool.space
• bitcoin explorer
• Johoe's Bitcoin Mempool Statistics
• txstreet.com

Communities

• Lightning liquidity & Pool
• Plebnet
• ln matrix
• r/lightningnetwork
• r/TheLightningNetwork
• Rings of Fire

Education

• Lightning curriculum by Chaincode
• Mastering Lightning book
• Rebalance Your Bitcoin Lightning Network Node Like a PRO
• How To Run A Bitcoin Lightning Network Node - Step By Step Tutorial
• t-bast docs on lightning
• lightning workshop
• Cyberhub on lightning network
• Lightning network developments by Igor Korsakov

Lightning network stats

• 1ml.com statistics
• bitcoin visuals - LN

Interesting reading

• Diamond hands lightning network report
• Loop lightning network repository
• Lightning landscape

Want to explore what is happening in lightning ecosystem check out Lightning Landscape.

Curious whats happening with Discreet log contracts? There's dlc.wiki.

Wanna know what people are building on Nostr? nostr.net to the rescue.

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