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eee8f902... 2y ago

Looking to setup my node with some channels purely for zapping/refilling v4v wallets. Trouble is I don’t have liquidity to setup multiple-multiple-million sat channels. (I’m a true peasant pleb over here).

Is it possible to be well connected with multiple tiny channels (eg. 3-5 100k sat channels)?

Seems like most channels have min channel size requirements. Also many of those services that connect up people wanting to make triangles or whatever also have pretty high requirements for the most part.

I have zero desire to be a routing node, but I’m running a node 24/7 and I need to put it to use. Self sovereign zaps is the goal!

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pj 2y ago

Great question. I wanted to do the same thing and I ran into the same issues trying to find small channels. In my experience you will need to put up a fair amount of liquidity. ~10M sats.

KP 🧡⚡️ 2y ago

Post in Plebnet and see if someone is willing to open a channel of the size you are thinking. Also for receiving payments you need to have inbound liquidity so someone can open a channel to you with their liquidity at their end.

http://plebnet.org

eee8f902... 2y ago

Yeah exactly!

All I can think is maybe to suck it up and have one big channel to someone well connected, then find a bunch of plebs like you nostr:npub1ken9vpendzyqvnk0w0hyv4de5h9qx40f68qtwkt4fu5exdrh9e8q6f6vnq and do tiny channels!

Then again, I think the overall problem with tiny channels is that they become unbalanced very quickly, so you end up spending sats rebalancing. 😬

KP 🧡⚡️ 2y ago

I strongly recommend not doing small tiny channels. They are a problem with frequent rebalancing. Best is to join a community and see if folks will open to you.

eee8f902... 2y ago

Appreciate the sound advice KP!

KP 🧡⚡️ 2y ago

If you want to share your node alias/pubkey whichever way you are okay without doxxing...I can open to you when I have some funds onchain inbetween channel closes. Happy to so let me know what works for you.

phil 2y ago

If it is just for zapping and small payments you can probably get away with just a few small channels to start with. The best strategy might be to find a few plebs that already have reasonably well connected nodes but will still allow small channels. I don’t have any channel size restrictions on my node currently so you are welcome to open a small channel if you wish.

eee8f902... 2y ago

Thanks Phil! This is a kind offer, I’ll shoot you a DM at some point! 🙏