who will support lightning routing node operators?
ppl are stupidly building on top of lightning when lightning network depends on ppl running nodes for a loss.
all lightning node operators will be broke within a couple years. nobody cares tho!
Discussion
Would charging higher routing fees fix this?
It’s possible but extremely unlikely bc routing fees are insignificant compared to a badly timed force closure.
And if you raise fees too high you’ll just never route payments. A few ppl have success with higher fees but you have to be able to avoid force closures which I haven’t been able to do.
Very discouraging bc I want to love lightning but it’s not fun losing money. Bitcoin mining wouldn’t work if we expected the miners to work for a loss. That’s how layer 2 bitcoin works tho