Macaroons
Understanding Macaroons
Macaroons are flexible, decentralized authorization credentials used for fine-grained access control. Unlike traditional tokens, macaroons include embedded caveats that specify conditions under which they are valid. This allows for:
- Detailed Permissions
- Macaroons can define precise access rights, such as time limits or specific resource access.
- Delegation and Attenuation
- They support creating new macaroons with restricted permissions from an existing one, ideal for safely delegating access.
- Cryptographic Security
- Macaroons are signed and cryptographically secure, ensuring they can't be tampered with.
In LND (Lightning Network Daemon), macaroons manage permissions for accessing node services, providing secure and granular control over actions like creating invoices and making payments.
Learn more about macaroons in LND: https://docs.lightning.engineering/lightning-network-tools/lnd/macaroons
Your Voltage Node Macaroons
You can find your pregenerated macaroons in your Voltage dashboard on the 'Macaroon Bakery' page:
Generating and Revoking Macaroons with LNCLI
Voltage surfaces macaroons via your node's dashboard but if you want more fine grained control you can access your node's full rpc interface through (LNCLI (Self Host)) and generate or revoke macaroons. See how in the two documents below: