Have had some channels for two years and just the occasional fc lately with newer channels. Guess that I do less routing, less exposed to bigger nodes.
It's tough. There needs to be more appreciation for the difficulty to break even. Be zen, protect your node.
I ran the numbers earlier today and after two plus years online my node earned almost ten million sats in routing fees– sounds pretty good at first! But 60% of that was lost to chain fees (mostly FCs) and 30% more to rebalancing costs. Leaves only 10% of total earnings leftover and that still doesn’t account for hardware and electricity costs 😵💫
