High-performance Lightning. Customizable to meet enterprise needs.
Want to run a node on our infrastructure while retaining the keys on your own device?
Fast To Compile, Easy To Set Up.
Customizable To Meet Enterprise Needs
Set up P2P dual-funded channels
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CLN is the first Lightning implementation to support decentralized dual-funded channels.
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Pay less to set up and run your node through balanced channels. CLN is efficient with your money and time.
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Immediately route and receive payments upon opening channels. Rebalance your channels using on-chain assets through PeerSwap.
Benefit from added privacy
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Blinded payment paths (experimental) maintain the privacy of CLN nodes when receiving payments. Never dox your node IP address or public key again.
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Automatically increase privacy by using multi-part payments and randomizing selection of paths.
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Select diversity of channels to help defend against deanonymization techniques.
Tailor your node based on your business needs
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Power-up your CLN node with plugins written in any popular programming language.
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Spec-driven development maintained by the research team at Blockstream.
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| Implementation | Core Lightning | LND | Eclair | ||
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| Codebase | C and Rust | Go | Scala | ||
| Architecture | Fully Modular, with plugin model | Monolithic | Monolithic, with plugin model | ||
| Privacy | Multi-Part Payments on by default Route Randomization Shadow Route Full Tor Support BOLT12 (upcoming) | Optional Multi-Part Payments Full Tor Support | Optional Multi-Part Payments Optional Trampoline Payments Full Tor Support | ||
| Automation | Full automation with CLBOSS plugin | Limited automation | None | ||
| Backups | Backup plugin supports many backup techniques | Mnemonic for on-chain funds, Static Channel Backups for off-chain funds | Dat file for on-chain funds, sqlite or Postgres database for channel state | ||
| Liquidity Management | P2P with Liquidity Ads | Centralized with Lightning Loop, Pool | Manual | ||
| Collaborative Channel Opens | Supported, automatic with Liquidity Ads | Manually done with PSBTs | Early support | ||
| Multi-Channel Peers | Yes (new since v0.11.0) | Yes | Yes | ||
| Submarine Swaps | Boltz.exchange plugin PeerSwap for P2P swaps | Lightning Loop, Pool PeerSwap for P2P swaps | Early PeerSwap support | ||
| APIs | GRPC interface (plugin) JSON-RPC | GRPC interface REST-API | JSON-API |
Wield Powerful Features With Full Control
Open balanced channels directly with peers automatically
- Leverage the peer-to-peer gossip protocol to see source liquidity for your node
- End the reliance on centralized servers to coordinate liquidity
- Earn routing fees
Native static invoices: no web server required
- Authorize spontaneous payments with proof of payment and recurring payments
- The basis for multisig Lightning nodes in the future
- Set up dollar-cost averaging over Lightning
Autopilot for your CLN node
- Authorize spontaneous payments with proof of payment and recurring payments
- The basis for multisig Lightning nodes in the future
- Set up dollar-cost averaging over Lightning