Collection of useful resources for lightning node operators

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 vida 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

Implementations

• LND
• core lightning
• eclair
• sensei

LN explorers

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

Web UI for node management

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

Security

• Validated Lightning Signer
• Sphinx key

Node management

• 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

• coinos
• fixedfloat
• sideshift
• deezy
• boltz.exchange
• Loop
• zigzag

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

• https://mempool.space/
• https://bitcoinexplorer.org/
• https://jochen-hoenicke.de/queue/#BTC,24h,weight
• https://txstreet.com/v/btc

Communities

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

Education

• Lightning curriculum by Chaincode
• Mastering Lightning book
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0r3Th42zfDk
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KItleddMYFU
• 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

List is maintained by @aaaljaz.