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Thinking about running a lightning node but I have some questions.

I understand that to have inbound liquidity I can open a channel and send sats to the other side however this effectively means that whoever is on the other side of the channel has sats just sitting there locked up as inbound liquidity for me.

Assuming I am not a routing node why would they do this?

They have to lock sats that they can't spend through me since I am not routing. Would they not just close the channel to get their sats back?

And if they keep closing the channel how do I maintain having inbound liquidity?

Is the only option for reliable inbound liquidity to rent it from a LSP? It seems there is no incentive for a channel partner to offer this for free.

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modulo 1y ago

Find a well-connected merchant that sells for #bitcoin over lightning something you like and regularly purchase, e.g. coffee, tea, beer, etc. Open a channel with them and fund with a few months worth of purchases, like €400. After a few purchases of coffee/beer/tea/whatever, you now have inbound liquidity back from the well-connected merchant.

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Den Yellek 1y ago

Good advise.

Find partners who have an economic incentive to have an ongoing open chanel with you.