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Cykros · 6d
I'm also curious on the VPS angle for tor only vs hybrid. Is there a reason we're not pushing for nodes at home running behind a reverse VPN tunnel? The idea of running my Bitcoin infrastructure with ...
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The project seems to lean towards VPS use I’m “assuming” for reachability and easy deployment.

I’m with you and would prefer not putting hot infrastructure on someone else’s hardware which is why I tested it on a dedicated device.

You have an interesting idea. You keep key material at home, expose the VPS/tunnel endpoint instead of your home IP, and potentially get better reachability than Tor only.

I don’t think it replaces Tor only for max privacy, but it’s a better practical option.

I’d want to test drops, fail closed behavior, LND advertised address behavior, and leakage before trusting it but architecturally I like as a nice middle ground between Tor only and hybrid.

@ripsline anything we’re missing?
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Cykros · 5d
Agreed for max privacy, but I know it can be pretty darn awkward to be sitting at the front of a line paying a merchant while people behind you are waiting to pay, and your Lightning transaction takes over a minute to go through. Tor only seems to make sense for some Lightning nodes, but for other u...
ripsline · 4d
There are many reasons to run a lightning node on a VPS. Aside from those, not everyone is or wants to be a sysadmin. What you are describing is StartTunnel (WireGuard). If you are going to rent a VPS anyway, it is generally safer to run the node on the VPS rather than at home.