* 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
