I want to do some Lightning experiments, but want to avoid the burden of synchronizing the blockchain (even testnet). Can I experiment with Lightning using regtest? Is there a manual for setting it up?
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Yes this is possible and (at least with clightning) very easy to do. I always use this script by Nadav Ivgi from his spark wallet. The key part is this : (MIT license by Nadav Ivgi)
$ mkdir -p /tmp/spark-env/{btc,ln1,ln2}
$ bitcoind --regtest --datadir=/tmp/spark-env/btc --printtoconsole
$ lightningd --network regtest --lightning-dir /tmp/spark-env/ln1 --bitcoin-datadir /tmp/spark-env/btc --addr 127.0.0.1:9600
$ lightningd --network regtest --lightning-dir /tmp/spark-env/ln2 --bitcoin-datadir /tmp/spark-env/btc --addr 127.0.0.1:9601
$ alias btc='bitcoin-cli --regtest --datadir=/tmp/spark-env/btc' \
ln1='lightning-cli --lightning-dir /tmp/spark-env/ln1' \
ln2='lightning-cli --lightning-dir /tmp/spark-env/ln2'
$ btc generate 101 && btc sendtoaddress $(ln1 newaddr | jq -r .address) 5 && btc generate 1
# wait for onchain funds to show up on `ln1 listfunds` (updated every 30s)
$ ln1 connect $(ln2 getinfo | jq -r .id) 127.0.0.1 9601 && \
ln1 fundchannel $(ln2 getinfo | jq -r .id) 16777215 1100perkb && btc generate 1
If you use docker you can even spin up Nadavs docker image with:
$ docker run -e NETWORK=regtest -e API_TOKEN=1234 -p 9112:9112 shesek/lightning-charge
but if you want more lightning nodes fired up that already form a network you can use lnet by Christian Decker. With that script you can provide a weighed graph and get the lightning nodes as the graph defines.
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I think so. But I think it would be possible to extend to other lightning implementations (: maybe you find something in the test cases of each implementation. I think I remember that a fair fraction of lnet code comes from clightning test cases. May 10, 2019 at 13:55
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1I did some experiments with lnd in regtest mode. Just normally start bitcoind with zmq in regtest. Put the zmq connection and lnd chain mode to regtest. I will post an in-depth answer with exact configuration and commands later May 10, 2019 at 20:45