https://www.pistack.xyz/tags/payment-infrastructure/ Recent content in Payment-Infrastructure on Pi Stack Hugo en-us Fri, 12 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.pistack.xyz/posts/2026-06-12-self-hosted-lightning-network-nodes-lnd-core-lightning-eclair/ Fri, 12 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.pistack.xyz/posts/2026-06-12-self-hosted-lightning-network-nodes-lnd-core-lightning-eclair/ <h2 id="why-run-your-own-lightning-network-node">Why Run Your Own Lightning Network Node?</h2> <p>The Lightning Network is Bitcoin&rsquo;s second-layer scaling solution, enabling instant, low-fee payments by moving transactions off the main blockchain. Running your own Lightning node gives you full sovereignty over your Bitcoin payments — no third-party custodians, no KYC for transactions, and direct participation in the network&rsquo;s routing economy. Beyond personal use, self-hosted Lightning nodes power everything from BTCPay Server merchant processing to Nostr zaps and podcast streaming payments.</p>