Hello Everyone,
The biggest complaint I have heard about the Lightning Network is that it is complicated, too new, and not easy to setup. Well, that gave me the motivation to create a step-by-step video tutorial to have ANYONE up and running with a live LN node and sending and receiving payments instantly! This tutorial is for a windows PC and an android phone. You can setup Eclair on linux and mac as explained in the video. I am unaware at this time of any mobile LN apps for iOS other than Zap Wallet communicating to a remote node setup.
After setting up Eclair on your PC, if you valued this informational free guide, please thumbs up and share here AND on youtube. Thanks.......and I hope you get struck......by LIGHTNING!
NOTE: Remember to add the Bitcoin configuration file BEFORE you download the blockchain or you will have to completely redownload it all over again.
No testnet here. Live and real BTC. Early adopters......let's go!
A complete install of Eclair Lightning Network node on Windows PC to allow the opening and closing of payment channels for lightning network instant payments.
Included is a demo of the install a bitcoin lightning app for android and successful completion of a lightning network transaction on the mainnet.
Connect to my Nodes:
(As I add BTC to wallet I will reciprocate with RETURN CHANNELS)
Valiant
0326325a3700e458f4f0b676536f56aa259c6af31d0cc8d21148caa77aca11f9b3@98.226.213.230:9735
Random Node
02e2dafe6337babc54f6135b4be1fa775aee44f67a00da26e2649f2088e5f88ab2@98.226.213.230:9737
Resources:
Configuration Files
Eclair
eclair.chain=mainnet
eclair.bitcoind.rpcport=8332
eclair.bitcoind.rpcuser=foo
eclair.bitcoind.rpcpassword=bar
eclair.node-alias=Valiant
eclair.server.public-ips=["[your_ip_address]"]
eclair.server.port=9735
eclair.bitcoind.zmq="tcp://127.0.0.1:29000"
eclair.node-color="97C30A"
Bitcoin
testnet=0
server=1
rpcuser=foo
rpcpassword=bar
rpcport=8332
txindex=1
zmqpubrawblock=tcp://127.0.0.1:29000
zmqpubrawtx=tcp://127.0.0.1:29000
addresstype=p2sh-segwit
rpcssl=0
Bitcoin Core Wallet
https://bitcoincore.org/en/download/
Eclair Lightning Network App
https://github.com/ACINQ/eclair
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