- Before you proceed, please understand that Lightning Network is still in the experimental stage. Do not put the money you can't afford to lose. There is a high risk of you losing the money.
+ Before you proceed, please understand that the Lightning Network is still considered experimental and is under active development.
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Do not add money that you can't afford to lose - there's a high risk of loss of funds.
- Take time to familiarize yourself with the risk. There's no backup lightning keys automatically done by BTCPayServer. Your keys are in a hot-wallet. This means :
+ Take time to familiarize yourself with the risks, some of which are:
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Most of BTCPay Server deployments run on a pruned node, which, while working, is not officially supported by lightning network implementations.
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If you erase your BTCPay Server virtual machine - you lose all the funds.
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If your server gets hacked - a hacker can take all of your funds by accessing your keys.
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If there is a bug in a lightning network implementation - you might lose all the funds.
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You approve being #reckless and being the sole responsible party for your loss.
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You approve to keep on your lightning node only what you can afford to lose.
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Most BTCPay Server deployments run on a pruned node which, while working, is not officially supported by lightning network implementations.
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+ Lightning keys are NOT automatically backed up by BTCPay Server; your keys are in a hot-wallet. This means:
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If you erase your BTCPay Server virtual machine: you lose all the funds.
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If your server gets hacked: a hacker can take all of your funds by accessing your keys.
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If there is a bug in a lightning network implementation: you could lose all the funds.
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To proceed, please ensure that:
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You accept being #reckless and being the sole responsible party for any loss of funds.
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You agree to keep on your lightning node only what you can afford to lose.