📣 The MiniBolt guide! 🖥️ minibolt.info

A step-by-step guide to building a Bitcoin & Lightning node, and other stuff on a personal computer

~ > Available at: minibolt.info


~> It builds on a personal computer with x86/amd64 architecture processors.

~> It is based on the popular RaspiBolt v3 guide.


Those are some of the most relevant changes:

  • Changed OS from Raspberry Pi OS Lite (64-bits) to Ubuntu Server LTS (Long term support) 64-bit PC (AMD64).
  • Changed binaries and signatures of the programs to adapt them to x86/amd64 architecture.
  • Deleted unnecessary tools and steps, and added others according to this case of use.
  • Some useful authentication logs and monitoring commands were added in the security section.
  • Added some interesting parameters in the settings of some services to activate and take advantage of new features.
  • Changed I2P, Fulcrum, and ThunderHub guides, to be part of the core guide.
  • Added exclusive optimization section of services for slow devices.

~ > Complete release notes of the MiniBolt v1: github.com/twofaktor/minibolt/releases/tag/1.0.

~ > Feel free to contribute to the source code on GitHub by opening issues, pull requests or discussions.


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