Lightning Inbound

Currently under development updates 🚧

Simple SPA that let's you sell channels and inbound liquidity from your lightning node.

Built for the Bitcoin++ ATX 2023 hackathon.

In loving memory of zero fee routing (RIP).

Getting Started

This project is meant to be forked and deployed with ease.

Deploy to Vercel

You can one-click deploy this project to vercel:

Make sure to configure your environment variables.

Host Your Own

Configure your variables in .env.local or config.ts.

Check out the env.sample file for an example of what to do:

## The full URI to connect to your lightning node.
LND_HOSTNAME=protocol://hostname:port
## The hex-encoded admin macaroon for your lightning node.
LND_MACAROON=hex_encoded_admin_macaroon
## A random 32-byte hex-encoded key (for encrypting session data).
SESSION_KEY=32_byte_hex_encoded_random_key

BASE_FEE=25000        ## The base fee (in sats) to charge for a channel.
RATE_FEE=1            ## The percentage fee (channel size * rate fee) to charge.
MIN_RESERVE=50000     ## The minimum reserve balance to keep on-chain.
MAX_CHANSIZE=1000000  ## The absolute max channel size allowed.

Start the production server:

npm run start
# or
yarn start

Development

Run the development server:

npm run dev
# or
yarn dev

Open http://localhost:3000 with your browser to see the result.

Bugs / Issues

Feel free to submit an issue if you run into any bugs or have a question.

Contribution

Anyone can contribute to this project!

Resources

LND REST API Documentation
https://lightning.engineering/api-docs/api/lnd/rest-endpoints