user125595: I am thinking of running my own lightning node in testnet. Going through the tutorials it seems the lightning node needs to be connected to bitcoin node inorder to get connected to bitcoin network. But running a full bitcoin node like bitcoind seems out of my scope as I don't want invest and maintain it.
Are there any such services available which I can connect to my lightning node.

user126793: 
I am thinking of running my own lightning node in testnet. Going through the tutorials it seems the lightning node needs to be connected to bitcoin node inorder to get connected to bitcoin network. But running a full bitcoin node like bitcoind seems out of my scope as I don't want invest and maintain it.

A Bitcoin testnet node block chain occupies less than 40Gb, is that really out of your scope and why?

Are there any such services available which I can connect to my lightning node.

This defeats the p2p trust-less nature of Bitcoin. Don't do that unless you trust the people providing it to you as much as you trust yourself.

125595: <p>I am thinking of running my own lightning node in testnet. Going through the tutorials it seems the lightning node needs to be connected to bitcoin node inorder to get connected to bitcoin network. But running a full bitcoin node like bitcoind seems out of my scope as I don't want invest and maintain it.
Are there any such services available which I can connect to my lightning node.</p>
 126793: <blockquote>
<p>I am thinking of running my own lightning node in testnet. Going through the tutorials it seems the lightning node needs to be connected to bitcoin node inorder to get connected to bitcoin network. But running a full bitcoin node like bitcoind seems out of my scope as I don't want invest and maintain it.</p>
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<p>A Bitcoin testnet node block chain occupies less than 40Gb, is that really out of your scope and why?</p>
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<p>Are there any such services available which I can connect to my lightning node.</p>
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<p>This defeats the p2p trust-less nature of Bitcoin. Don't do that unless you trust the people providing it to you as much as you trust yourself.</p>
