Raid or manually to external storage. At the frequency that keeps you feeling sane.
Discussion
How do you even back up channel.db? It changes every minute.
RAID lol, and build a watchtower in case your primary node goes down
Thanks. Will look into those.
For now lightning node backups are to safely force close and get your funds back on chain. Then you get to deal with re opening channels
But there are far more learned noderunners than I here
Yeah, that’s what seemed to work. And honestly not the worst way to go. It will only cost on chain fees. (Consider it back up fees).
nostr:npub18ams6ewn5aj2n3wt2qawzglx9mr4nzksxhvrdc4gzrecw7n5tvjqctp424 just added to my crash course with two very helpful tips.
I should recoup a good chunk of my node by the end of the week.
BTW, I was a bit shaken by all of this, I didn’t want to start a new node. This note made me realize it’s not that bad.
Learn and grow mate, build out a better node or... https://telegra.ph/Guide-to-building-a-Bitcoin-Super-Node-02-27 yay virtualization
