diff --git a/actor/go.mod b/actor/go.mod
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6bc5cd9e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/actor/go.mod
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+module github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/actor
+
+go 1.24.9
+
+require (
+	github.com/btcsuite/btclog/v2 v2.0.1-0.20250602222548-9967d19bb084
+	github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/fn/v2 v2.0.8
+	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.1
+	pgregory.net/rapid v1.2.0
+)
+
+require (
+	github.com/btcsuite/btclog v0.0.0-20241003133417-09c4e92e319c // indirect
+	github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 // indirect
+	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20231226003508-02704c960a9b // indirect
+	golang.org/x/sync v0.7.0 // indirect
+	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 // indirect
+)
diff --git a/actor/go.sum b/actor/go.sum
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bcd10dc1f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/actor/go.sum
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+github.com/btcsuite/btclog v0.0.0-20241003133417-09c4e92e319c h1:4HxD1lBUGUddhzgaNgrCPsFWd7cGYNpeFUgd9ZIgyM0=
+github.com/btcsuite/btclog v0.0.0-20241003133417-09c4e92e319c/go.mod h1:w7xnGOhwT3lmrS4H3b/D1XAXxvh+tbhUm8xeHN2y3TQ=
+github.com/btcsuite/btclog/v2 v2.0.1-0.20250602222548-9967d19bb084 h1:y3bvkt8ki0KX35eUEU8XShRHusz1S+55QwXUTmxn888=
+github.com/btcsuite/btclog/v2 v2.0.1-0.20250602222548-9967d19bb084/go.mod h1:XItGUfVOxotJL8kkuk2Hj3EVow5KCugXl3wWfQ6K0AE=
+github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.0/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
+github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 h1:vj9j/u1bqnvCEfJOwUhtlOARqs3+rkHYY13jYWTU97c=
+github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
+github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/fn/v2 v2.0.8 h1:r2SLz7gZYQPVc3IZhU82M66guz3Zk2oY+Rlj9QN5S3g=
+github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/fn/v2 v2.0.8/go.mod h1:TOzwrhjB/Azw1V7aa8t21ufcQmdsQOQMDtxVOQWNl8s=
+github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 h1:4DBwDE0NGyQoBHbLQYPwSUPoCMWR5BEzIk/f1lZbAQM=
+github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0/go.mod h1:iKH77koFhYxTK1pcRnkKkqfTogsbg7gZNVY4sRDYZ/4=
+github.com/stretchr/objx v0.1.0/go.mod h1:HFkY916IF+rwdDfMAkV7OtwuqBVzrE8GR6GFx+wExME=
+github.com/stretchr/objx v0.4.0/go.mod h1:YvHI0jy2hoMjB+UWwv71VJQ9isScKT/TqJzVSSt89Yw=
+github.com/stretchr/objx v0.5.0/go.mod h1:Yh+to48EsGEfYuaHDzXPcE3xhTkx73EhmCGUpEOglKo=
+github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.1/go.mod h1:6Fq8oRcR53rry900zMqJjRRixrwX3KX962/h/Wwjteg=
+github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.0/go.mod h1:yNjHg4UonilssWZ8iaSj1OCr/vHnekPRkoO+kdMU+MU=
+github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.1 h1:w7B6lhMri9wdJUVmEZPGGhZzrYTPvgJArz7wNPgYKsk=
+github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.1/go.mod h1:w2LPCIKwWwSfY2zedu0+kehJoqGctiVI29o6fzry7u4=
+golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20231226003508-02704c960a9b h1:kLiC65FbiHWFAOu+lxwNPujcsl8VYyTYYEZnsOO1WK4=
+golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20231226003508-02704c960a9b/go.mod h1:iRJReGqOEeBhDZGkGbynYwcHlctCvnjTYIamk7uXpHI=
+golang.org/x/sync v0.7.0 h1:YsImfSBoP9QPYL0xyKJPq0gcaJdG3rInoqxTWbfQu9M=
+golang.org/x/sync v0.7.0/go.mod h1:Czt+wKu1gCyEFDUtn0jG5QVvpJ6rzVqr5aXyt9drQfk=
+gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405 h1:yhCVgyC4o1eVCa2tZl7eS0r+SDo693bJlVdllGtEeKM=
+gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
+gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.0-20200313102051-9f266ea9e77c/go.mod h1:K4uyk7z7BCEPqu6E+C64Yfv1cQ7kz7rIZviUmN+EgEM=
+gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 h1:fxVm/GzAzEWqLHuvctI91KS9hhNmmWOoWu0XTYJS7CA=
+gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1/go.mod h1:K4uyk7z7BCEPqu6E+C64Yfv1cQ7kz7rIZviUmN+EgEM=
+pgregory.net/rapid v1.2.0 h1:keKAYRcjm+e1F0oAuU5F5+YPAWcyxNNRK2wud503Gnk=
+pgregory.net/rapid v1.2.0/go.mod h1:PY5XlDGj0+V1FCq0o192FdRhpKHGTRIWBgqjDBTrq04=
diff --git a/actor/log.go b/actor/log.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..77da9070d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/actor/log.go
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+package actor
+
+import "github.com/btcsuite/btclog/v2"
+
+// log is a logger that is initialized as disabled. This means the package will
+// not perform any logging by default until a logger is set.
+var log = btclog.Disabled
+
+// UseLogger uses a specified Logger to output package logging info.
+func UseLogger(logger btclog.Logger) {
+	log = logger
+}