If you are an experienced LND node operartor, what would you recommend to a newcomer? Things you would have never done knowing what you know now? Tools of the trade?
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* Backup the fucking SCB, no joke. Back it up well.
* Don't have too many channels, 2 or 3 is enough
* Open channels unannounced to maximize privacy
* Don't use any auto-rebalancing/auto-management tools or plugins, it's not worth it. Keep it simple.
I forgot an important one: run a tor only node, don't doxx your home IP.
I think you had a guide on how to set up Wireguard instead of accessing the node via TOR. That was such a great recommendatoin!
Thanks but those are 2 different things: how you connect to your nodes (wireguard is the best way) and how your node connects to other nodes (should be Tor-only)
Yeah, that's what I have. At some point I just got tired of waiting on TOR connection and came across your guide for Wireguard.
1. DONE
2. Recommended minimum channel size?
3. Don't participate in liquidity swaps?
4. Keeping it simple for now, but clueless about fees
2. 1M is the current golden rule but who knows
3. I prefer to just open my own unnanounced channels to big well connected nodes like ACINQ and Olympus and then get inbound liquidity by spending (e.g. selling on robosats) or looping-out using loopd from Lightning Labs.
4. Defaults are good
don't.
As in, don't even bother? Is it a net negative in terms time dedicated and sats spent on channel openings and rebalancing?
i guess it depends on what you're looking to get out of it. there's a ton that you learn by running your own node, especially if you're trying to make it sustainable through routing fees. however, a very small number of people are actually able to do so. it ends up just being a test in how much time and sats you're willing to lose until you decide to just run your own node for taking or spending sats, not to make money through routing fees.
Install it using raspibolt or minibolt it will be much easier the solve the problems when they occur. Umbrel and start9 are easy to install, but very complex to debug and solve problems. Install lightning terminal for autopilot fees management and custodial accounts for family and frens.
lightning terminal > lndg?
IMO yes, they're very different though
I see. Thanks for your input!
I prefer command line tools and these are the two I found to be useful:
* https://github.com/bitromortac/lndmanage
* https://github.com/dlaptev/lnd_assistant (RIP https://ln2me.com/)