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Add support for CLN as backend
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jakubAug 30, 2024
Although CLN is not the most widespread implementation of a lightning node, it has its representation and advantages. If the Alby Hub wants to promote diversity in the bitcoin ecosystem, it should include the CLN.
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External contributions from the community are welcome and would be amazing.
CLN is not part of the roadmap yet. We currently optimize for simplicity with the embedded LDK node and adoption with the support for LND.
How big is the community of CLN node operators actually?
Definitely bigger than many people think :-)
Lightweight modular code in C and BOLT 12 invoices...
jakub Yeah, CLN has great features.
I am looking for sound estimations.
Moritz Ok. It is not easy to recognize the LN node implementation from the LN protocol. The studies that have looked into this have been based on setting some node parameters and comparing them with the default values of each implementation.
I quickly googled for example this article:
https://stacker.news/items/97320
So there is a certain amount of inaccuracy in this, but it mostly states LND above 90% and CLN within 7-8%. For some 15k nodes in the network, the CLN is about 1000.
Bumping with appreciation for development thus far. I too would be grateful for CLN support.
"Yes I would like to see Alby on CLN please...."
I'm the node runner using CLN. Waiting for this feature.