Author: Christian Decker 2018-06-13 16:17:20
Published on: 2018-06-13T16:17:20+00:00
It is possible for a Lightning node to access an already-existing node rather than running multiple bitcoind full nodes. One method of achieving this is by configuring `bitcoin-cli` to connect to a remote node with the `rpcconnect`, `rpcuser`, and `rpcpassword` options in the `bitcoin.conf` file. This can be done with c-lightning, lnd, and Eclair. With c-lightning, you could also use command line options when starting `lightningd`. Similarly, lnd allows you to specify the node to connect to using command line options. On the other hand, Eclair requires editing the configuration file before compiling. This saves disk storage and network thrashing.
Updated on: 2023-06-13T02:11:39.229442+00:00