Supercharge your node.
Go clearnet instantly.
Blazing Fast
Ultra-low latency routing for optimal performance.
Clearnet Ready
Shared IP with a dedicated forwarded port for your node.
Lightning Native
Pay directly with sats over the Lightning Network.
Privacy First
No KYC, no IP logging, completely anonymous routing.
Why run your Lightning Node on Clearnet?
Running a Lightning Network node over clearnet (as opposed to Tor) offers several practical and routing-specific benefits for operators looking to maximize performance, reliability, and routing success.
Performance & Reliability
- Lower latency connections, which means faster payment routing and fewer failed payment attempts.
- More stable connections: Tor can be slow, unreliable, and prone to random disconnections.
- Better uptime for your node, which makes you a more attractive routing partner natively on the network.
Routing Success
- Higher routing success rates naturally occur because of the speed and stability advantages compared to Tor nodes.
- Other routing nodes actively prefer to open channels with reliable, well-connected peers — a clearnet presence boosts your node's reputation.
Peer Connectivity
- It is significantly easier for other nodes to reach you directly, especially those nodes that don't run Tor.
- Clearnet nodes can smoothly connect to both clearnet and Tor nodes, giving you broader physical connectivity options.
Channel Management
- Gossip messages and channel updates propagate much more quickly across the clear network.
- Watchtower services and LSPs (Lightning Service Providers) often function better and more reliably over clearnet compared to Tor.
Trade-offs & the LNClear Solution
While clearnet offers immense performance benefits, running your home node directly on clearnet exposes your personal IP address, reducing privacy and potentially associating your node's activity with your physical location or identity. Tor provides stronger privacy, but at a severe cost to performance and routing reliability.
The Hybrid approach: Many top node operators run in hybrid mode (both clearnet and Tor) to get the best of both worlds: the routing performance of clearnet while remaining reachable over Tor for privacy-conscious peers.
The LNClear Advantage: By using our WireGuard VPN tunnel, you get all the clearnet routing benefits through our high-speed datacenter IPs, while keeping your home IP address completely hidden and protected.