# Lightining Node Tor enable/disable option

**URL:** <https://community.umbrel.com/t/lightining-node-tor-enable-disable-option/13230>\
**Category:** Bitcoin and Lightning\
**Created:** [August 2, 2023, 3:09pm UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/lightining-node-tor-enable-disable-option/13230 "2023-08-02T15:09:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![smolgrrr](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.umbrel.com/smolgrrr/32/2825_2.png) [@smolgrrr](https://community.umbrel.com/u/smolgrrr)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2023, 1:51am UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/lightining-node-tor-enable-disable-option/13230/2 "2023-08-03T01:51:50Z")

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Umbrel lightning is TOR-only for security and privacy, personally I’ve never had any issues with channel availability because of TOR.  
However, if you are wanting to expose your node over clearnet, there does seem to be a guide. I’ve never tried it myself tho!

[LND: Tor & Clearnet - How to setup hybrid-mode](https://community.umbrel.com/t/lnd-tor-clearnet-how-to-setup-hybrid-mode/6133)

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