When you pay someone to open a channel, instead of opening it yourself, you pay someone.
Whether the payment is worth the cost is something to learn. I found it a high maintenance endeavor to run a Lightning Node, with a number of channels.
nostr:npub1getal6ykt05fsz5nqu4uld09nfj3y3qxmv8crys4aeut53unfvlqr80nfm I've just sent 150,000 sats to the #AlbyHub on-chain savings address to open a channel and the hub now shows 134,592 sats. What happened to the rest?
When you pay someone to open a channel, instead of opening it yourself, you pay someone.
Whether the payment is worth the cost is something to learn. I found it a high maintenance endeavor to run a Lightning Node, with a number of channels.
