# myNode

[myNode](https://mynodebtc.com/) aims to be the easiest way to run a dedicated, easy to use, Bitcoin Node and Lightning Wallet!

### Connect to LND via Tor:

{% stepper %}
{% step %}
In your myNode GUI, open the LND connect page and enter your myNode password
{% endstep %}

{% step %}
Choose "Lightning (gRPC + Tor)"
{% endstep %}

{% step %}
Scan the QR code with BitBanana or copy/paste the lndconnect URL
{% endstep %}
{% endstepper %}

### Connect to LND via Tailscale:

{% stepper %}
{% step %}
On your myNode, go to the Network section of the Marketplace and install the Tailscale app
{% endstep %}

{% step %}
Install the Tailscale app on your android phone
{% endstep %}

{% step %}
Create a Tailscale account
{% endstep %}

{% step %}
In your myNode GUI, open the LND connect page and enter your myNode password
{% endstep %}

{% step %}
Choose "Lightning (gRPC + Tor)"
{% endstep %}

{% step %}
Scan the QR code with BitBanana or copy/paste the lndconnect URL
{% endstep %}

{% step %}
In BitBanana navigate to <mark style="background-color:orange;">Main menu --> Nodes</mark> and select the node you have just added
{% endstep %}

{% step %}
Click on "Change data"
{% endstep %}

{% step %}
Replace the host with the Tailscale IP address of your node
{% endstep %}

{% step %}
If you want the Tailscale VPN to automatically start whenever you use the node, choose Tailscale under VPN-Automation
{% endstep %}

{% step %}
Turn off "Certificate Verfication" (If you don't want to do this, you will have to add the Tailscale IP to "tlsextraip=" in your lnd.conf and regenerate the certificate)
{% endstep %}

{% step %}
Save the changes
{% endstep %}
{% endstepper %}


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