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Home node FAQ
Sphinx uses the bitcoin lightning network to send and receive information. The lightning network is made up of thousands of computers running the lightning server software. Your raspberry pi running the lighting software (LND) is one of these nodes on the network. You node has to have a connection called a 'channel' to at least one other node in order to send and receive information. A channel is a special bitcoin transaction that locks up bitcoin for use between two nodes.
- Your node has to be in sync with the bitcoin blockchain in order to open a channel (this can be in normal or the faster neutrino mode)
- You have to have some bitcoin (recommend at least .01 or 100,000 satoshis)
Now open a channel: You can connect to any node, but for your first channel you can link to one of ours to minimize errors:
- gameb_2: 03c8dfbf829eaeb0b6dab099d87fdf7f8faceb0c1b935cd243e8c1fb5af71361cf@3.234.251.85:9735
- gameb_1: 023d70f2f76d283c6c4e58109ee3a2816eb9d8feb40b23d62469060a2b2867b77f@54.159.193.149:9735
Open a channel with Thunderhub
Important:
- RTL currently does not support pushing sats to the other nodes when opening a channel, we recommend using Thunderhub
Open a channel manually
After opening a channel, please ping us in our Telegram group so we can lower the fees on our side for a smooth messaging time :)
Umbrel with Sphinx on Android The current version of of Sphinx on android requires Orbot
- Download Sphinx for Android, Linux, or Windows -> https://sphinx.chat
- Install Orbot
- Configure Orbot with VPN On and IPv6 Disabled
Umbrel with Sphinx on iOS
- Search for "Sphinx Chat" on the App Store for iOS or MacOS