AMA, glad to share. It’s a full time gig though to keep the sats flowing
Discussion
so u just have FAT channels with LOOP and rebalance the using the rest of the channels manually?
One big channel with LOOP that I try my best to keep supplied with fresh liquidity daily. Either Loop in or rebalance if possible.
Node is set up with LOOP at center (biggest channel) with next largest channels being exchanges and larger routing nodes acting as main highways. Then the smaller pleb nodes that supply inbound and reach. Think of it like a hub with bigger connections leading to smaller ones.
I use LNDg for channel management and rebalancing. Fee management is all manual.
so the flow to replenish your side of the LOOP channel comes from plebs sending to exchanges or you loop it in?
Some of both. Loop in mostly. Although part of the strategy involves using negative inbound fees on heavy sink channels such as kraken, bitfinex, okx etc. so if you’re lucky you can catch a nice inbound routing *from* Loop to an exchange. Or vice-versa. Essentially you are getting paid in both directions, you just need to put liquidity where it’s needed, when it’s needed.