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- #Lightning Network#lnd#Bitcoin
An Always-On Testnet4 LND Node (1) - bitcoind and LND on Testnet4
Moving the systemd-managed LND lab from regtest to Bitcoin's testnet4 as a node that stays up: a separate pruned bitcoind and a separate LND, each with its own account, directories, ports, and rpcauth login, and LND's first look at a backend still syncing.
17 min read - #Lightning Network#lnd#Bitcoin
Running LND with systemd, Without Containers (7) - Opening a Channel and Sending a Payment
Opening a regtest channel from the funded node to its peer, following the funding transaction through the mempool into a block, and sending a 10,000-sat Lightning payment across it.
10 min read - #Lightning Network#lnd#Bitcoin
Running LND with systemd, Without Containers (6) - Configuring LND and Running It as a Service
Writing lnd.conf against the regtest bitcoind, running LND under systemd, creating its wallet, proving the RPC and ZMQ paths, funding it with 1 BTC, and connecting a second node as a peer.
19 min read - #Lightning Network#lnd#Bitcoin
Running LND with systemd, Without Containers (5) - Preparing bitcoind for LND: rpcauth and ZMQ
Giving LND its own RPC login to bitcoind with rpcauth, comparing it with cookie auth, proving the login works as the lnd user, and adding the ZMQ block and transaction feeds LND needs.
9 min read - #Lightning Network#lnd#Bitcoin
Running LND with systemd, Without Containers (3) - Running bitcoind as a systemd Service
A hardened systemd unit for bitcoind, checked step by step: verify, start, status, RPC, a regtest miner wallet with 101 blocks, a restart that keeps the chain and wallet, and enabling it at boot.
11 min read - #Lightning Network#lnd#Bitcoin
Running LND with systemd, Without Containers (2) - Installing and Configuring Bitcoin Core
Picking the Bitcoin Core version LND is tested against, verifying the download by checksum and builder signatures, installing it, and giving bitcoind its own service user, directories, and locked-down configuration.
11 min read