Running a routing node is a great way to learn. After that shut it down and run private channels for you own payments.
Lightning nodes will be a major thing, yhe next step once you have your bitcoin node running. Learn.
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Yes, I'm in that path leerning how to manage node and channels, and put maybe a dangerous amount of sats in the hope of some revenew. I will, in the end, doing what you are saying. Thx for the advice.