Create a Lightning wallet

Get your own bitcoin lightning wallet on your IPhone or Android.

On your phone, install the following apps:

• BlueWallet: An open source mobile wallet that connects to your Lightning node

• Orbot: Used to connect to Tor (for BlueWallet to reach your node)

On the Umbrel App Store, download the BlueWallet Lightning application. Open the application and at the top right, notice the LNDHub QR code.

Now back to your phone:

1. Start Orbot, wait to be successfully connected to Tor

2. Open BlueWallet, click on the 3 dots at the top right

3. Got to Network > Lightning Settings

4. Scan the LNDHub QR code and save the changes

You can now create as many Lightning wallets as you’d like from your phone.

1. Back on the BlueWallet home screen, click the "+" in the top right.

2. To create a new wallet, select the Lightning option

3. You should see your Node URI pre-completed

4. Click Create and you’re done, you have a new mobile lightning wallet!

You can share the LNDHub QR code with friends and family and they will also be able to create wallets and manage their funds.

Friends and family must be aware that the owner of the Lightning node controls the funds in every wallet. If they close all channels, the funds will be withdrawn on-chain to the owner’s wallet.

Congratulations, you are done!

You are now able to send & receive Bitcoin on the Lightning network through invoices.

Make sure to securely backup the wallet connection string.

In the future I'll document how to get a static lightning address to go beyond using invoices.