<p>LND connects to Bitcoin Core's JSON-RPC interface, it doesn't use the peer-to-peer protocol. Thus, publicly reachable Bitcoin nodes will be useless unless they also expose the RPC interface, which they should not do anyway because it's not safe.</p>
<p>In any case, you should run your own node. Relying on someone else's node exposes you to attacks.</p>

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Vojtěch Strnad
<p>Now I am running my own Bitcoin full node on my local machine and connect to it with <a href="https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd" rel="nofollow noreferrer">LND</a>.</p>
<p>I see some open bitcoin nodes on <a href="https://bitnodes.io" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://bitnodes.io</a> and wonder if it's ok to connect my LND not to my own node but to someone else's one? Is this possible, performant and worth it or should I run my own node?</p>

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Can I connect my LND to someone else's bitcoin node?
Sergei Basharov
# Can I connect my LND to someone else's bitcoin node?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2022-10-11)

Now I am running my own Bitcoin full node on my local machine and connect to it with [LND](https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd).

I see some open bitcoin nodes on <https://bitnodes.io> and wonder if it's ok to connect my LND not to my own node but to someone else's one? Is this possible, performant and worth it or should I run my own node?

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2022-10-11. Score: 2 | Accepted answer

LND connects to Bitcoin Core's JSON-RPC interface, it doesn't use the peer-to-peer protocol. Thus, publicly reachable Bitcoin nodes will be useless unless they also expose the RPC interface, which they should not do anyway because it's not safe.

In any case, you should run your own node. Relying on someone else's node exposes you to attacks.


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