Minimum Requirements

Any Windows, macOS, or Linux computer 10 GB of disk space available Bandwidth to download 250 GB of data

Warnings

Bitcoin is an experiment.

Lightning is an experiment.

Please understand that you may have a permanent loss of value from experimenting with these systems. This is risky business!

Please backup your computer’s data and minimize the amount of value you put in!

Lightning Power Node Launcher

Download the latest release of the Lightning Power Node Launcher: https://github.com/PierreRochard/node-launcher/releases

Open the Node Launcher, a Bitcoin icon will appear in your system tray (top right on macOS, in your taskbar on Windows).

The icon will have a red dot while the nodes are starting, a blue dot while they are syncing, and a green dot when they are ready.

Let your node sync (both Bitcoin and LND at the same time), this could take a long time if you have a slow internet connection!

Wait for LND to finish catching up.

When it is synced you’ll see the green dot!

Now go set up Joule! 👇