you can think of this as using your core-lightning node as a super secure endpoint for managing your entire bitcoin business.
think btcpayserver or lnbits without needing to run lnbits or btcpayserver
you can create client software for your lightning node like how we create nostr client software for relays.
the entire goal of this is to make it easier to run lightning nodes. what if all of the power was in the client like we do with nostr? what if you didn't need to run 10 different pieces of software to operate a business out your node?
you could create a whole storefront app without even needing a web server or btcpay server, you just talk to directly to lightning nodes over the lightning protocol.
this first app is the most obvious one, a lightning node dashboard:
- view/manage channels
- view balances
- view invoices
- view node accounting (bookkeeper)
- use your node as a wallet (no NWC needed)
- view channel peers
- buy channel liquidity via lightning-based liquidity ads
- initiate dual funded channels with friends
- lightning peer visualizer (like lnvis)
- view and manage your bitcoin-core wallet via a core-lightning extension that adds bitcoin-core rpcs to core-lightning, making them accessible over commando and therefore this dashboard (i wrote a plugin that does this)
but there can be many more different types of apps using this method.
