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Lightning
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The following guide will get you up and running with a lightning node and walk you through opening your first channel.

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  lightning-first-channel

Now that you're up and running, it's time to connect an interface so that you can use your node to make and receive payments from anywhere!

If you're using **Core Lightning (CLN)** and would like a direct connection you can select one of the following options:

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    connecting-cln

If you're using **LND**, you can select one of the following options:

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    connecting-lnd

If you would like to connect to LND via Lightning Node Connect **(LNC)** in order to avoid using Tor, you can do so with Alby and Zeus via the Lightning Terminal service:

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    connecting-lndc

If you'd like to allocate only a portion of your lightning node's liquidity to a wallet or have a wallet that can receive but not make payments, you can use **LNbits** - LNbits allows you to create a wallet that makes use of your node with only an alloted amount of sats and it works with both **Core Lightning** and **LND**.

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    connecting-lnbits