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Leo Weese authored and gitbook-bot committed Jan 17, 2024
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## Bitcoin

You can typically find your `bitcoin.conf` file in `~/.bitcoin`

A routing node will not aggressively prune their Bitcoin backend. They might consider indexing the Blockchain to be able to look up transactions faster. In some situations it might be useful to have a larger mempool, but this can also be adjusted when the need arises. Even if your Lightning Network node runs on clearnet, you may put your Bitcoin backend behind Tor and not listen to incoming connections.

`txindex=1 # (default: 0)`\
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## LND

Your `lnd.conf` file should be located in `~/.lnd`. If you are using `litd` in integrated mode, all of the configurations below have to be added to your `lit.conf` file in `~/.lit`, prefixed with `lnd.`. For example instead of `listen=:9735`, you have to add `lnd.listen=:9735`

### Incoming and outgoing connections <a href="#docs-internal-guid-ba20da56-7fff-f3b6-ea61-1ad3dc7f01ad" id="docs-internal-guid-ba20da56-7fff-f3b6-ea61-1ad3dc7f01ad"></a>

Your node will listen to incoming connections over Tor and clearnet. If you have the option to enable IPv6 this may further extend your reach and make it easier for nodes to connect to you.
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