# The New Operator

URL: /show/this-week-in-bitcoin/97/
> Managing a Bitcoin node is changing. We dig into the tools and guard rails that let agents monitor, maintain, and interact with your stack without handing over the keys.

- Show: [This Week In Bitcoin](/show/this-week-in-bitcoin/)
- Episode: 97
- Date: 2026-03-25
- Hosts: chris
- Guests: brent, wes
- Duration: 01:07:20
- Audio: https://feeds.fountain.fm/40huHEEF6JMPGYctMuUI/items/S2GEWZcoeHB4nGDl3Q6B/files/AUDIO---DEFAULT---eb45d428-105f-4b1a-8552-1877c6310934.mp3


Transcripts: [application/x-subrip](https://feeds.fountain.fm/40huHEEF6JMPGYctMuUI/items/S2GEWZcoeHB4nGDl3Q6B/files/AUDIO---TRANSCRIPT---DEFAULT---SRT.srt)




### Episode Links

* 🇺🇸 [Buy Sats on River](https://partner.river.com/jupiter) \- The best way to stack in the US
* 🇨🇦 [The Bitcoin Well](https://www.bitcoinwell.com/jupiter) \- An amazing automatic self-custody Bitcoin platform
* ⚡ [The Bitcoin Company](https://app.thebitcoincompany.com/signup?ref=JUPITER) \- Spending your Bitcoin Via Lightning
* 🏦 [Fold Card](https://use.foldapp.com/r/XNHPXTFC) \- Pay bills Stack Sats
* 💵 [SALT Lending](https://borrower.saltlending.com/register?referralCode=GkPQdbqWG) \- Get access to your BTC Value w/out Selling

**Boost Question**

* What's next for your node?

**Show Notes**

* [Alby Hub](https://github.com/getAlby/hub)
* [OpenCode](https://opencode.ai/)
* [Chris's Boltz and lncli Skill](https://github.com/ChrisLAS/skills/tree/main/boltz-cli)
* [Nostr Wallet Connect](https://nwc.dev/)
* [Nostr Wallet Connect Docs Overview](https://docs.nwc.dev/reference-api/overview)
* [NIP-47: Nostr Wallet Connect](https://github.com/nostr-protocol/nips/blob/master/47.md)
* [Alby MCP](https://github.com/getAlby/mcp)
* [Alby CLI](https://github.com/getAlby/cli)
* [strfry](https://github.com/hoytech/strfry)
* [nostr-rs-relay](https://sr.ht/~gheartsfield/nostr-rs-relay/)
* [Boltz](https://boltz.exchange/)
* [Boltz Swap Types and States](https://api.docs.boltz.exchange/lifecycle.html#reverse-submarine-swaps)
* [boltz-client](https://github.com/BoltzExchange/boltz-client)
* [Alby AI and Agent Tools](https://getalby.com/ai#skills)
* [Bitcoin Prometheus Exporter](https://github.com/jvstein/bitcoin-prometheus-exporter)
* [Grafana Bitcoin Node Dashboard](https://grafana.com/grafana/dashboards/11274-bitcoin/)
* [lndmon](https://github.com/lightninglabs/lndmon)
* [Core Lightning Plugins](https://github.com/lightningd/plugins)
* [Core Lightning Prometheus Plugin](https://github.com/lightningd/plugins/tree/master/prometheus)
* [LND](https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd)
* [Core Lightning](https://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning)
* [mempool](https://github.com/mempool/mempool)
* [LND Safety Guide](https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/blob/master/docs/safety.md)
* [LND Recovery Guide](https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/blob/master/docs/recovery.md)
* [Lightning Labs Disaster Recovery Guide](https://docs.lightning.engineering/lightning-network-tools/lnd/disaster-recovery)
* [DarthCoin LND Recovery Guide](https://darth-coin.github.io/nodes/shtf-restore-lnd-node-en.html)
* [Core Lightning Troubleshooting and FAQ](https://docs.corelightning.org/docs/faq)
* [Core Lightning Backup Guide](https://docs.corelightning.org/docs/backup)