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What I recommend to friends who want to learn about lightning.

Get bitcoin from a friend on lightning.

  1. Download a lightning wallet like Wallet of Satoshi.
  2. Pay a friend who has bitcoin to send you bitcoin on lightning.

Earn bitcoin on lightning.

  1. Create an account at LNPay
  2. Use LNPay to create a paywall for your website.

Start buying bitcoin every week.

  1. Sign up for an account at River.com
  2. Setup a small weekly purchase schedule.
  3. Forget about it.

Host your first lightning node.

  1. Use LunaNode to host a BTCPayserver with lightning. You can pay using lightning.
  2. Add LND & Thunderhub to your BTCPayserver.
  3. Go to LightningNetwork+ to find others to open channels with.
  4. Open channels to services you use (LNPay, River, LunaNode).

Build a lightning node using a raspberry pi.

Three options in order of easy of use: