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faq: add two new questions asked on IRC
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Tim Ho asked about annouced IP addresses on IRC, and this was not
covered in the FAQ.
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darosior committed Apr 2, 2020
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Expand Up @@ -65,7 +65,6 @@ If you need a lot of inbound liquidity, you can use a service that trustlessly s
for Lightning channel capacity.
There are a few online service providers that will create channels to you.
A few of them charge fees for this service.

Note that if you already have a channel open to them, you'll need to close it before requesting another channel.

### Are there any issues if my node changes its IP address? What happens to the channels if it does?
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No.

### Are there any issues if my node changes its IP address? What happens to the channels if it does?

There is no risk to your channels if your IP address changes.
However, be sure to change your announced address (or [setup a TOR hidden service](TOR.md))
in your config so that others can establish connections at your new address !

### Can I have two hosts with the same public key and different IP addresses, both online and operating at the same time?

No.

### Can I use a single `bitcoind` for multiple `lightningd` ?

Yes. All `bitcoind` calls are handled by the bundled `bcli` plugin. `lightningd` does not use
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