Signet

[AaronDewes]

BIP-325 introduced the signet for bitcoin.

Will this also be implemented in LND?

[guggero]

Yes, I think we'll want to add signed to lnd.
I've started some work on this though it needs some cleanup first.

See
https://github.com/guggero/lnd/tree/signet
https://github.com/guggero/btcd/commits/schnorr-sig

[joostjager]

This would definitely be nice. Testnet coins are starting to become scarce with a 0.1 btc block reward.

[Roasbeef]

@joostjager if you need coins, you can just get them from the faucet: https://faucet.lightning.community/ -- it has 5 BTC available, and another few hundred sitting in reserve.

[joostjager]

Can I use that faucet to open multiple 0.16 BTC (0.15 BTC push amt) channels to the same node?

With the faucet I can only open a single channel to a node. I can close it and re-open again to get another 0.15 BTC perhaps?

I am also running into unable to open channel quite often. Also for nodes that haven't had a channel from the faucet ever before.

[Roasbeef]

Yeah you can just close, then re-open again. Also make sure you're already connected to the faucet before you use the form, it doesn't attempt to connect out to the node.

[michaelfolkson]

I'm sure you already know this but Signet also has block discovery time following a Poisson process like on mainnet which is nice for timelocks. Testnet has long periods without block discovery and then periods with flurries of blocks discovered.

A Signet faucet if needed is here.

[nicolasburtey]

Testnet coins are starting to become scarce with a 0.1 btc block reward.

what is scare becomes valuable :)
hodl your testnet coin for dear life!

[joostjager]

@Roasbeef I keep getting unable to open channel on the faucet. Could it have to do with max pending (channel openings to others)?