A honest question for those deeply involved with the Lightning Network:

I’ve in the past few months been building and engaging more capital in my Lightning node, starting slow and essentially trying to learn the ins and outs before committing more to the process. I feel I have a pretty solid grasp now of the essentials at this point, have a little liquidity and channels open, and am now looking at deploying a significant amount of capital.

My question is this: What should I look for in terms of risk assessment for my funds deployed? I’ve researched at least some of the basics, I’m mostly concerned with what kind of attack vectors could cause a permanent loss of funds?

Thank you kindly in advance fine folks.

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What do you gain for adding a significant amount of capital? What’s the purpose?

I guess I’m trying to take the long view here. My thought is this: if my overall thesis on Bitcoin and where it ultimately ends up is even remotely correct, then owning and running a well funded and connected Lightning Node that generates a modest 1-2% ROI could be tremendously profitable and powerful in a future world. I’ve got idle funds, just seems like a future oriented way of engaging that capital is a useful way.

That also retains ownership of said funds. I guess ultimately I’m seeking yield, and this seems the only current legitimate way to do so that also benefits the overall growth of the network.

I see. I’m not 100% sure of the risks of losing funds I would think that if you have the private keys then the risk would be the same but I’m by no means a lightning expert. Probably some more experienced lightning node runners on here with some experience to share.