Author: Brian Lockhart 2018-06-14 23:24:33
Published on: 2018-06-14T23:24:33+00:00
A user asked if there is a way to allow a Lightning node to access an already-existing node, instead of requiring it to have its own dedicated local instance of bitcoind running. Christian Decker confirmed that all three implementations support this method. With c-lightning, the user can configure 'bitcoin-cli' to connect to a remote node with the 'rpcconnect', 'rpcuser', and 'rpcpassword' options in the 'bitcoin.conf' file or use command-line options when starting 'lightningd'. Lnd allows users to specify the node to connect to using command-line options. Eclair requires editing the configuration file before compiling. One user tried this method and claimed that his c-lightning node's resource footprint is now even smaller after removing the extra full node. The user also regained 180 GB worth of free SSD space.
Updated on: 2023-06-13T02:12:58.717295+00:00