LND suggestions as of September 2025

So, I am in learning mode.

I have Bitcoin Node running fine, electrs and have connected bluewallet to node via .onion and local (as needed) connected to my bitcoin node. I have received a little BTC, so working fine.

I am also running mempool and publicpool and have a miner mining to the publicpool.

I need to still understand better the block process - that’s another story and would welcome some good articles for bitcoin beginner, but not a tech beginner.

To the point of the Subject:

  1. What are my next steps to get LND operating - just to learn really for now? I notice everything appears to be in Beta that’s available in the app store, but there are a lot of choices. What should I go with next?

  2. Any thoughts on some good reading on the btc blockchain?

Thanks!

You might find these useful:
Lightening network on Umbrel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fa9AvF4jk1o&pp=ygUObGlnaHRuaW5nIG5vZGU%3D

Blockchain: https://bitcoin.school/