Damus
Derek Ross · 81w
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Genuine question: if I were to run a self-hosted lightning node for private channels for my family & myself on my desktop, what would happen if I periodically shut down the desktop overnight?

I’m looking into getting an umbrelOS/StartOS in the near future, but in the meantime to test it out, I’m curious to know the implications with running it on my desktop during the day & turning off the desktop overnight.
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osygy · 81w
If you have poor uptime you want to choose good peers that are aware of your nodes habits and are okay with the downtime. Your peers can always close or force close on you. Regular closes are fine. Force closes can lock up funds for a few weeks. Worst case scenario is your node is offline for mult...