<p>For future reference:</p>

<ul>
<li>Lightning Network explorers are also nodes and just make their own "world view" of the network publicly available</li>
<li>Your node will only become publicly visible once a channel has been opened and that information is announced to the network (and reaches the Explorer)</li>
<li>Explorers do update irregularly, so it makes sense to give it some time and check multiple explores</li>
</ul>

CC BY-SA 4.0
2019-12-04T17:43:44.527Z
if I want a channel be opened to my node, how to get my nodeID (QR code) in eclairMobile? I don't find the UI/setting for this
knocte
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2018-05-03T19:07:32.457Z
2018-05-03T19:07:32.457Z
Stadicus
<p>I'm using Eclair and have a conf file with content:</p>

<pre><code>eclair.chain=testnet
eclair.node-alias=mynodename
eclair.node-color=ff0000
eclair.api.enabled=true
eclair.server.public-ips=["&lt;ip one&gt;","&lt;ip two&gt;"]
eclair.api.password="my-eclair-api-pass"
eclair.bitcoind.rpcuser=aqaqaqaqaq
eclair.bitcoind.rpcpassword=aqaqaqaqaq
eclair.bitcoind.zmq="tcp://127.0.0.1:29000"
eclair.gui.unit=sat   
</code></pre>

<p>still I can't see my node in <a href="https://explorer.acinq.co/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://explorer.acinq.co/</a><br>
I can open channels    </p>

<p>[Edit 1] My pubkey is 03125205d1b5ae747064491d2b3b30b41fd7ec4e96e0ccede2f71c55891995f675</p>

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2018-04-23T21:17:57.440Z
Apparently my node is public at
https://1ml.com/testnet/node/03125205d1b5ae747064491d2b3b30b41fd7ec4e96e0ccede2f71c55891995f675
Haddar Macdasi
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2018-04-23T21:18:37.517Z
My pubkey is :
03125205d1b5ae747064491d2b3b30b41fd7ec4e96e0ccede2f71c55891995f675
Haddar Macdasi
<lightning-network><eclair>
Eclair Lightning network node is not public
Haddar Macdasi
# Eclair Lightning network node is not public

(Asked by: username_0 on 2018-04-12)

I'm using Eclair and have a conf file with content:

```
eclair.chain=testnet
eclair.node-alias=mynodename
eclair.node-color=ff0000
eclair.api.enabled=true
eclair.server.public-ips=["<ip one>","<ip two>"]
eclair.api.password="my-eclair-api-pass"
eclair.bitcoind.rpcuser=aqaqaqaqaq
eclair.bitcoind.rpcpassword=aqaqaqaqaq
eclair.bitcoind.zmq="tcp://127.0.0.1:29000"
eclair.gui.unit=sat   

```

still I can't see my node in <https://explorer.acinq.co/>  
I can open channels

[Edit 1] My pubkey is 03125205d1b5ae747064491d2b3b30b41fd7ec4e96e0ccede2f71c55891995f675

**Tags:** lightning-network, eclair

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: Apparently my node is public at https://1ml.com/testnet/node/03125205d1b5ae747064491d2b3b30b41fd7ec4e96e0ccede2f71c55891995f675  
> **username_0**: My pubkey is : 03125205d1b5ae747064491d2b3b30b41fd7ec4e96e0ccede2f71c55891995f675  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2018-05-03. Score: 1

For future reference:

* Lightning Network explorers are also nodes and just make their own "world view" of the network publicly available
* Your node will only become publicly visible once a channel has been opened and that information is announced to the network (and reaches the Explorer)
* Explorers do update irregularly, so it makes sense to give it some time and check multiple explores

> **Comments:**
> **username_2**: if I want a channel be opened to my node, how to get my nodeID (QR code) in eclairMobile? I don't find the UI/setting for this  

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