Ride The Lightning (Core Lightning)
Manage your Core Lightning node with RTL
Shahana and Suheb
This version of RTL is specifically configured to use your Core Lightning node. RTL provides a full function, device agnostic, web user interface to help manage lightning node operation. It enables full control over your lightning node with rich functionality for Bitcoin base layer and Lightning Network. Some cool features available on RTL are:
- Rich dashboard with two layout options
- Send/Receive funds on-chain
- Rich channel management with advanced features like balance score, circular re-balancing etc.
- Payments and Invoice management with QR codes
- Routing analysis for the payments forwarded
- Channel backups
- Detailed reports on routing and transaction history
- Optional Loop interface for submarine swaps
- Customizable UI with multiple color schemes and dark/light modes
This release contains the following updates:
- Addresses npm supply-chain attack by using only safe, audited package versions
- Bump boltz-client to 2.8.9
This release contains improvements and various bug fixes:
- Adds a "Refund Address" input field for boltz swap-ins
- Fix to show correct experimental-dual-fund configuration from listconfig
- Bump boltz-client to 2.7.2
This updates Boltz Client to v2.7.1. The update doesn't include new features for RTL users, but various bug fixes and stability improvements.
The full release notes for the latest Boltz Client releases can be found at https://github.com/BoltzExchange/boltz-client/releases. About Boltz: https://boltz.exchange
⚠️ Please update your Core Lightning app to the latest version available in the umbrelOS app store to ensure compatibility with this version of Ride The Lightning.
This update adds Boltz as a service, allowing users to swap in and out of the Lightning Network. About Boltz: https://boltz.exchange
- Improved authentication logic for clearer error handling and validation during login and password reset processes
- Refined application settings handling to ensure stricter validation of access keys
- Bug fixes
Full release notes can be found here: https://github.com/Ride-The-Lightning/RTL/releases
⚠️ This version of Ride The Lightning is compatible with Core Lightning v24.05 and above. Please update the Core Lightning app to the latest version in the Umbrel App Store before updating Ride The Lightning. If you have already updated Ride The Lightning, then simply restart the Ride The Lightning app after updating Core Lightning to the latest version.
- Integration with mempool.space api to display prevailing fee rates on various channel open/close modals
- Links enabled for viewing transactions on mempool.space from modals of on-chain transactions and channel info
- Added a new config param blockExplorerUrl (-e BLOCK_EXPLORER_URL) to customize for a local/testnet instances of mempool.space
Full release notes can be found here: https://github.com/Ride-The-Lightning/RTL/releases
- Bug fix to support forked core lightning versions on BTCPayserver
- Default onchain address type is now P2TR (dependent on c-lightning-rest v0.10.7)
- and more!
Full release notes can be found here: https://github.com/Ride-The-Lightning/RTL/releases
⚠️ Please update your Core Lightning app to the latest version in the Umbrel App store. This is critical for ensuring compatibility with this version of Ride The Lightning.
This release covers breaking changes from CLN 23.05, as well as a few minor UX enhancements and bug fixes:
- Handle the breaking changes of the msat purge for CLN version v23.05
- Track active HTLCs on the channels page
- Navigation bug fixes from the dashboard
- Navigation to node and channel lookup from the info page
- Connect with a peer from the node lookup page
Full release notes can be found here: https://github.com/Ride-The-Lightning/RTL/releases
- Multiple channels with the same peer now visible on the channels page
- User customizable grids enabling you to control: number of rows on the page, columns you want to view and default sorting order
- Setting to control opening of unannounced channels by default
- Other bug fixes and usability fixes
- Liquidity Ads interface for viewing ads, researching nodes and buying channels
- Liquidity Ads configuration to publish ads on the network
- Regtest support
- Dashboard performance improvements
