After 1.5 years, I shutdown my LN. I feel sad, humbled, like I let bitcoin down.
In short, my time was becoming limited and I was unable to keep up with the maintenance.
I spent 6 hours yesterday trying to understand why LNbITS, running on a remote machine, all of sudden failed to communicate with LND, running locally.
I tried everything….new certs, new macaroons, IP checks, updates, restarts.
After 6 hours, I gave up. LNBITS was the (only) way I could use my node for payments on the go. And if I’m not doing that, it’s not worth it to me. I don’t like tails.
It’s a long story. If I ever decide to run another node, it will be a core lightning node.
I still run my bitcoin nodes at home and the office. Those are easy in comparison.
bryan / Bryan
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2025-02-15 12:14:51
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