Bonus Section
Table of contents
- System overview
- Auto unlock LND on startup
- Anonymous node with Tor
- Electrum Personal Server
- Zap Desktop Lightning Wallet
- Zap iOS Lightning Wallet
- Shango Mobile Wallet
- Pimp the command line
- Use lncli on a different computer
- System recovery
- Additional scripts: show balance & channels
- Even more Extras
In this section, you can find various optional topics that make your RaspiBolt running even smoother. I split this up in various subsections, as the individual tasks can be quite long.
System overview
Difficulty: easy
Your RaspiBolt will greet you with a quick system summary on login:
Auto unlock LND on startup
Difficulty: medium
Manually unlocking the LND wallet every time the system starts is not really feasible if your RaspiBolt is meant to run reliably somewhere in a closet. This script automatically unlocks the wallet on startup or service-restart. This comes at a minimal security cost, however, as the password needs to be stored on the device.
Anonymous node with Tor
Difficulty: medium
Route all your Bitcoin traffic over the Tor network to stay anonymous and avoid leaking private information like your public IP address.
Electrum Personal Server
Difficulty: intermediate
The RaspiBolt is the perfect trustless Bitcoin backend for your regular on-chain transactions. Together with the Electrum wallet, it works even with your Ledger or Trezor hardware wallet.
Zap Desktop Lightning Wallet
Difficulty: easy
The Zap desktop app (https://github.com/LN-Zap/zap-desktop) is a cross platform Lightning Network wallet focused on user experience and ease of use.
Zap iOS Lightning Wallet
Difficulty: medium
The Zap iOS app (https://zap.jackmallers.com) provides a neat interface for the RaspiBolt to manage peers & channels, make payments and create invoices.
Shango Mobile Wallet
Difficulty: intermediate
The iOS & Android app Shango provides a neat interface for the RaspiBolt, to manage peers & channels, make payments and create invoices.
Pimp the command line
Difficulty: easy
Make your command line prompt shine with a golden ฿ and use more colors overall:
Use lncli on a different computer
Difficulty: easy
Control your Lightning node from a different computer within you network, eg. from a Windows machine.
System recovery
Difficulty: easy
In case your SD card gets corrupted or you brick your node, it’s handy to have a quick recovery image at hand. It’s not a full backup solution, but allows a system recovery.
Additional scripts: show balance & channels
Difficulty: easy
These additional bash scripts display a balance overview (on-chain & in channels, active & inactive) as well as a nicely formatted channels overview.
Even more Extras
RaspiBolt-Extras by Rob Clark
- Lights-Out: automatic unlocking of wallet and dynamic ip
- RaspiBoltDuo: testnet & mainnet running simultaneously
- Using REST access
- Receiving Lightning payments: automatically create invoices / qr codes
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