<p>Of course you would have to write custom code. But other than that I don't see any reason why this should not be possible. Actually there come quite some architectures and technologies in my mind that would nicely enable such functionality.</p>

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<p>What's the technical limitation stopping multiple entities from collectively managing an LN node?</p>
<p>I understand all parties (entities that share the Node private key) need to be online to sign routing/sending/creating invoices. If we assume this is the case and they're queried by a simple API for their signature for each such action, is there another technical limitation to why pooled/combined/shared nodes like this can not exist?</p>
<p>The use case is to have multiple parties contribute funds and run a larger LN node with more liquidity.</p>

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Is it possible to run a Lightning Network node with multiple entities holding parts of the private key?
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# Is it possible to run a Lightning Network node with multiple entities holding parts of the private key?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2021-09-30)

What's the technical limitation stopping multiple entities from collectively managing an LN node?

I understand all parties (entities that share the Node private key) need to be online to sign routing/sending/creating invoices. If we assume this is the case and they're queried by a simple API for their signature for each such action, is there another technical limitation to why pooled/combined/shared nodes like this can not exist?

The use case is to have multiple parties contribute funds and run a larger LN node with more liquidity.

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### Answer by username_1 on 2021-09-30. Score: 1

Of course you would have to write custom code. But other than that I don't see any reason why this should not be possible. Actually there come quite some architectures and technologies in my mind that would nicely enable such functionality.


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