However, I cannot open a peer connection or a channel between my office node and my home node.
As a "generic guess": does it have anything to do with (lack of) port forwarding? 
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Having an odd issue.
I have my lightning node setup at home, it's working fine no issues.
I setup another 100% new node at home (this might be important) and brought it to my office.
However, I cannot open a peer connection or a channel between my office node and my home node.
There are many peers / channels open to / from both of them to other locations by as far as they are concerned the other one does not exist.
Could this be because I did the initial sync at home and there is still something on one of them that thinks the other is local?
And if so where / what is it?
Yeah, I know open a issue on github but I figured I would ask here 1st.
Stay safe.
Thanks,
Dave
I have my lightning node setup at home, it's working fine no issues.
I setup another 100% new node at home (this might be important) and brought it to my office.
However, I cannot open a peer connection or a channel between my office node and my home node.
There are many peers / channels open to / from both of them to other locations by as far as they are concerned the other one does not exist.
Could this be because I did the initial sync at home and there is still something on one of them that thinks the other is local?
And if so where / what is it?
Yeah, I know open a issue on github but I figured I would ask here 1st.
Stay safe.
Thanks,
Dave
Hi Samuel,
The BTCPay team is using these Dockerfiles I talked about above, maybe you could checkout what they do (my guess is exposing the socket path
).
I figured out how to create a docker container with a c-lightning node in it.
Otherwise, there is a Dockerfile in the repo (one for the main architectures)..Is there any way to manage the node from outside of the container? Does it have an API to be controlled remotely? I know, I can make a console connection to the container and use lightning-cli inside of it but that's inconvenient. I am thinking about a k8s system with multiple containers and I need a simple way to control and manage nodes. What would you recommend me?
You could mount the RPC socket on the host and send it commands using lightning-cli --socket-path. Otherwise iirc we can bind to a port which you could open on your docker instance.The BTCPay team is using these Dockerfiles I talked about above, maybe you could checkout what they do (my guess is exposing the socket path
).
Hi everybody,
I figured out how to create a docker container with a c-lightning node in it. Is there any way to manage the node from outside of the container? Does it have an API to be controlled remotely? I know, I can make a console connection to the container and use lightning-cli inside of it but that's inconvenient. I am thinking about a k8s system with multiple containers and I need a simple way to control and manage nodes. What would you recommend me?
I figured out how to create a docker container with a c-lightning node in it. Is there any way to manage the node from outside of the container? Does it have an API to be controlled remotely? I know, I can make a console connection to the container and use lightning-cli inside of it but that's inconvenient. I am thinking about a k8s system with multiple containers and I need a simple way to control and manage nodes. What would you recommend me?
How many projects are using LN in their own blockchain and how often people/users are using this for their daily transactions?
I know Decred has their own off-chain layer, like Lightning, but not Lightning.
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is there any way to see what's the growth it has per month?
Try looking, https://1ml.com/statistics
There are other websites like, https://bitcoinvisuals.com
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How many projects are using LN in their own blockchain and how often people/users are using this for their daily transactions? is there any way to see what's the growth it has per month?
Hmm all of them (and if not, most of them), actually I should have used plural here 
. Why are you interested in knowing exactly *which* binary will be modified ?
Because I am going to replace them in the docker image to make a docker container with the developer version. . Why are you interested in knowing exactly *which* binary will be modified ?UPD
I figured everything out.
I created a docker container with the developer version by changing this string in the Dockerfile
from this
Code:
RUN ./configure --prefix=/tmp/lightning_install --enable-static && make -j3 DEVELOPER=${DEVELOPER} && make install
to this
Code:
RUN ./configure --prefix=/tmp/lightning_install --enable-static --enable-developer && make -j3 DEVELOPER=${DEVELOPER} && make install
Thanks!
The `enable-developer` flag customizes the produced binary. It will enable new RPCs and (very slightly) change some behaviour.
ThanksWhich one? lightningd?
There are many binaries are generated during the compilation process.
. Why are you interested in knowing exactly *which* binary will be modified ? The `enable-developer` flag customizes the produced binary. It will enable new RPCs and (very slightly) change some behaviour.
ThanksWhich one? lightningd?
There are many binaries are generated during the compilation process.
Hi,
I compiled clightning with '--enable-developer' option:
Could you tell me what files are different from the regular version? I'd like to replace them in the docker image to run a container with developer version.
Hi,I compiled clightning with '--enable-developer' option:
Code:
./configure --enable-developer
make
Could you tell me what files are different from the regular version? I'd like to replace them in the docker image to run a container with developer version.
The `enable-developer` flag customizes the produced binary. It will enable new RPCs and (very slightly) change some behaviour.
Hi,
I compiled clightning with '--enable-developer' option:
Could you tell me what files are different from the regular version? I'd like to replace them in the docker image to run a container with developer version.
I compiled clightning with '--enable-developer' option:
Code:
./configure --enable-developer
make
Could you tell me what files are different from the regular version? I'd like to replace them in the docker image to run a container with developer version.
BitCryptex, thank you for this job. Now I can refer to this topic many people who interested in how the Lightning Network work. God bless you!
Since there is no commission for miners for transactions in this network.
I don't think anyone would pay a few thousand sats for a 1 sat transaction. While miners don't earn money on the Lighting Network transactions, they are paid for establishing and settling down the balance of Lightning Network channels.
Is it possible that the Lightning network in the future will adversely affect the security of the Bitcoin network?
The Lightning Network can't function without the blockchain. It won't replace on-chain transactions. It might decrease some of the load and encourage people to spend Bitcoin on small things since it won't cost a fortune.
But if the Lightning network in the future will be popular and time will prove its safety, then there are few who will want to pay a commission to the miner.
It's actually an open debate based on the assumption that Lightning/off-chain layers will be very popular. I believe Lightning will be its own niche like Bitcoin, the software experiment that "could fail".
Let's question/debate/argue/learn, BUT, let's also support the technologies to be free of the Central Bankers' grasp, through community and Bitcoin.
But if the Lightning network in the future will be popular and time will prove its safety, then there are few who want to pay a commission to the miner.
I don't think so. While you have funds locked up in a channel, you have to either run a node or use a watchtower to make sure that your funds won't be stolen (assuming you spent some of your coins and don't use non-custodial wallet). Settling the balance at some point is unavoidable because of that and some other possible issues with the other party. Anyone willing to invest in Bitcoin long-term will still want to move their funds to some kind of cold storage. Miners are not going to stop earning on the fees anytime soon.
Since there is no commission for miners for transactions in this network.
I don't think anyone would pay a few thousand sats for a 1 sat transaction. While miners don't earn money on the Lighting Network transactions, they are paid for establishing and settling down the balance of Lightning Network channels.
Is it possible that the Lightning network in the future will adversely affect the security of the Bitcoin network?
The Lightning Network can't function without the blockchain. It won't replace on-chain transactions. It might decrease some of the load and encourage people to spend Bitcoin on small things since it won't cost a fortune.
But if the Lightning network in the future will be popular and time will prove its safety, then there are few who will want to pay a commission to the miner.
Since there is no commission for miners for transactions in this network.
I don't think anyone would pay a few thousand sats for a 1 sat transaction. While miners don't earn money on the Lighting Network transactions, they are paid for establishing and settling down the balance of Lightning Network channels.
Is it possible that the Lightning network in the future will adversely affect the security of the Bitcoin network?
The Lightning Network can't function without the blockchain. It won't replace on-chain transactions. It might decrease some of the load and encourage people to spend Bitcoin on small things since it won't cost a fortune.
Is it possible that the Lightning network in the future will adversely affect the security of the Bitcoin network?
Since there is no commission for miners for transactions in this network.
Since there is no commission for miners for transactions in this network.
I believe we need a complete, newbie-friendly guide for easy node deployment for the cloud, with careful suggestions for how to open/maintain channels, "for fun, and maybe profit".
BTCPay are hard to beat to the deploy-a-complete-Bitcoin-stack-in-three-commands game, I think. OK, I will check his progress, or if he wasn't lazy and actually started setting up everything.
Do you have suggestions for a cheap cloud-computing service that's friendly to Bitcoin/Lightning?
I believe we need a complete, newbie-friendly guide for easy node deployment for the cloud, with careful suggestions for how to open/maintain channels, "for fun, and maybe profit".
BTCPay are hard to beat to the deploy-a-complete-Bitcoin-stack-in-three-commands game, I think.
I believe we need a complete, newbie-friendly guide for easy node deployment for the cloud, with careful suggestions for how to open/maintain channels, "for fun, and maybe profit".
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