Balance of Satoshis (BOS)
Bitcoin Nodes
Command-line toolkit for managing LND nodes, built by Alex Bosworth at Lightning Labs. Provides rebalancing automation, channel fee management, payment probing, and detailed accounting tools. One of the most widely used utilities in the Lightning Network operator stack.
Details
- Note
- Balance of Satoshis (BOS) — CLI tool for LND node management, routing fee optimization
- Language
- Node.js
- Developer
- Alex Bosworth / Lightning Labs
- Node Type
- lightning_accounting
- Open Source
- Yes
- Bitcoin Only
- Yes
- Lightning Implementation
- LND
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