I asked ChatGPT to help me set up a Lightning node and it was worse than having COVID

An epic quest, undertaken sitting down.

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I’ve never been one to throw around the word “trauma.” I’m Gen X. We suck it up. But I spent the last week or so working with ChatGPT to set up a Lightning node and I might need counseling.

Lightning is the permissionless layer on Bitcoin th…