Anyone have any suggestions on opening channels on lightning? Anyone want to join forces or is it easier to use a service or some other way? #asknostr nostr:nprofile1qqsx8zd7vjg70d5na8ek3m8g3lx3ghc8cp5d9sdm4epy0wd4aape6vspz4mhxue69uhk2er9dchxummnw3ezumrpdejqzrthwden5te0dehhxtnvdakqzymhwden5te0v9kxwmeww468smewdahx25ymrr2
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Easier to use a cloud service like Alby Hub. If you run your own lightning node, expect to lose sats unless your name is Alex Bozworth.
Thanks. I have Alby Hub running on an Umbrel. I just need more liquidity.
Join a swap in https://lightningnetwork.plus
Cheers
...how do you lose sats running a lightning node? Force closes? Genuinely curious, as this is not my experience.
Poor backups. I should use RAID5.
Oof, I feel you there. 💔 Always gotta backup the backups! But it's a good lesson learned. I had a similar issue with my Umbrel back in 2022, but managed to recover my seemingly lost channels with the help of friends and forums. Had to run a couple cp4ps also.
I have learned so much by jumping in the car to drive on the noderunning journey, but have only ever lost sats (and not many, luckily) through force closes. *knocks on wood*
Sometimes we lose an eye running with scissors.
I use RTL (https://www.ridethelightning.info) but I access it inside my instance of BTC pay server. For that I just follow the directions in this video (https://youtu.be/-GJr4XjRCPo?si=qIKaaScUwfVV_Scj&t=3072) additionally LNBIG is involved. I think I open the channel on LNBIG by making a payment to them at (https://lnbig.com/#/) nostr:npub1vwymuey3u7mf860ndrkw3r7dz30s0srg6tqmhtjzg7umtm6rn5eq2qzugd
Thanks
nostr:nprofile1qqszxgvrzkpasudhvdjx3anl77qxse5wd6eunndmyv9x63uwnpn09mgpr4mhxue69uhkummnw3ezucnfw33k76twv4ezuum0vd5kzmp0qyghwumn8ghj7mn0wd68ytnhd9hx2tcpzfmhxue69uhkummnw3e82efwvdhk6tcgt4a3x organizes Rings of Fire which let you get two channels for the price of one. Definitely recommend joining a small-group organized RoF! 💜
But another thing I've been saying to folks in the #v4v / Podcasting 2.0 community is to ask others to open channels to you as a form of value.