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I just posted an article about why I have closed my very old #lightning #bitcoin node.

Main reasons are:

- Too much work and time spent maintaining the node.

- Meager earnings.

- High technical knowledge requirements if you really want to have more than 5 or 10 channels and resolve technical issues that will undoubtedly arise in the years to come.

- Limited mobile options (forces you to set up a reverse proxy with a VPS in some datacenter if you want to use clearnet).

- Excessive risk, money is at stake and hardware can fail, or a bug in the software could arise.

- Limited automation options (the only one that works well is CLBOSS and it's only available for CLIGHTNING).

- Periodic headaches.

Have a look at the article:

https://stacker.news/items/486283

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Citizen 1y ago

Yes, starting a Lightning node is one thing, keeping it running reliably over years is a whole other challenge.

I've gradually shrunk my node from a high number also to just a handful of channels. I might close what's left also depending on how it goes.

I can only see #Lightning getting more & more centralized as time goes on.

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Javier 1y ago

Same situation with me, I reduced more and more the number of channels and liquidity until I finally end the suffering. Enough is enough.

But I don't see LN centralized anyway. In this comment and my response we talk about it: https://stacker.news/items/486283/r/javier?commentId=486502