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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.
Is your node ready?
- 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 .001 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
Opening a channel
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
Make sure you push sats to our side (remote balance), otherwise you won't be able to receive any sats and messages.
What's next?
Once your channel is active, we will automatically update the fees on our side so you can chat for free! The script runs every 15 minutes so be patient while the robots take care of it 🤖. If you feel your fees were not lowered, ping us in TG, robots make mistakes too!
FAQ's
- How do I create a tribe?
Please follow this guide on how you can create a tribe.
Apps
Umbrel with Sphinx on Android
- Search for "Sphinx Chat" on the Play Store
Kotlin Android App supports TOR natively, it does not require a TOR proxy.
Umbrel with Sphinx on iOS
- Search for "Sphinx Chat" on the App Store for iOS or MacOS