So my node has been running for around 48 hours, I have tried to connect my node to my BW however when I try to connect up to the Electrum Server by following the instructions on Umbrel and scan the QR code it is just searching…I have been able to connect to Zeus without an issue. Does anyone no why? Thanks

The guides section of this forum is to be consulted. [image] Umbrel + BlueWallet + LNDHub Guides Description This is a major step forward for all node operators. Why? Because is one more step for a node in becoming a “Bitcoin Sovereign Bank”, being a HUB for your family, friends and all those who do not/can’t have a node for themselves. Practically you can “rent” them space and liquidity from your node. More details about LNDhub here and also here is the announcement from Bluewallet team. There’s a very important aspect in Bitcoin world and few understand it: custodial wallets (your fun…

Hi I have followed the guide and I have followed the following instructions: d. Connect your BW mobile app with your node. Open the section “Connect wallet” and open Bluewallet instructions. Open your BW mobile app and follow those instructions, step by step: ** in BW, go to Options – Network – enable Tor. Take a test. Restart BW (indicated by force close)* ** in BW, go to Options – Network – Electrum Server. Scan the code of the address of your Electrum Server (onion) and the port 50001. Make a test. Restart BW. This option will allow you to have also onchain wallets that use your own node as SPV server (Electrum Server) and all the communication will through your node. Remember, these are now wallets that “reside” on your noide, are just standard BIP39 onchain wallets and are NOT LN wallets.* However when I select the Electrum Server and scan a copy of the address it just keeps trying to update and does not seem to connect, I have tried this multiple times, any advise? Thanks!

Is your Electrum server working? Is the index finished? Can you connect with Electrum desktop to your node? Did you BW is running correctly through Tor? Did you tried using BW with Orbot instead of integrated Tor?

Is your Electrum server working? How do I confirm this? On the BW it is currently connected to the Electrum.bitaroo server. Is the index finished? How do I confirm this? Can you connect with Electrum desktop to your node? I have not tried this yet Did you BW is running correctly through Tor? Did you tried using BW with Orbot instead of integrated Tor? Yes I tried this What is weird is that it connects to my lightning node but not the main node, yet it does not show any transactions on my BW app…

[image] TofinoBTC: What is weird is that it connects to my lightning node but not the main node, What do you mean by that? Did you read carefully the guide I just told you to read? It is explained very clearly there what is a LNDHUB wallet. I think you still don’t understand the difference.

So it connected to the LNDHUB, however did not connect to my BW node. This is still an issue, which I can’t seem to fix. I understand that the LNDHUB connects to my lightning node and that is what I was hoping I would be able to do with the main node but I am not able to, maybe I missed something?

Just wondering if you had any other ideas why I would not be able to connect to my Umbrel Node? Thanks again for your help

I think you still don’t make the difference between the 2 types of connections BW mobile app can have with your node: connect to your electrum server, that runs in background on your node, is a service that provides just access to blocks and you can broadcast txs with your node, from a BW mobile app. For this connection you use the instructions from “connect wallet - bluewallet or electrum”. This connection is used only for your onchain BW wallet (not LN, not umbrel node wallet) connect to your node BW Lightning LNDHUB. This is not a node, is just a database on top of your LN node, that you can create LNDHUB wallets managed by this LNDHUB. This connection it doesn’t work if you do not connect first to the electrum server of your node and also through Tor. For this connection, you need to open the BW Lightning app and scan the QR code for your LNDHUB server. This connection will use ONLY your Umbrel LNDHUB (no BW servers).

Thank you for the response, however when I try to connect my BW Wallet to my Bitcoin node it still keeps searching without connecting and I have no idea why…Can you help?

When you say “connect to my bitcoin node” what do you mean? connect to your electrum server? connect to BW LNDhub? Are two different aspects, but both of them works ONLY through Tor. So if you Tor connection is not ready, you will never be able to connect.

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