Run a lightning node if you want to lose money.

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Binder Dondat

Agreed with your previous note. Anyone who has knows - most will not.

i did it ... boom! 😂

True.

You aren’t a pleb if you haven’t lost sats on LN 😂

Bend the knee if you want to be a slave.

Overreacting much? Bend what knee? It is not wise to run a full lightning node if all you need to is make payments. And you will lose money. Anyone who has done so can attest to that.

You might be forgetting the fact that a Visa terminal loses money.

The point of a node is ensure that you can receive instant payments without permission.

How many consumers run Visa terminals?

That's the wrong question.

Running a routing node is not a realistic business model, but accepting payments using lightning is through your own node.

Consumers are not the target, businesses are.

You are not wrong. But you are not 100% correct either.

This like do you use Uber or buy a car.

Well if you take one Uber ride a month. Not worth it to buy a car.

If you take an Uber two times a day, then yes buy a car, it’s more upfront, cheaper on the long run.

Same with running a lightning node.

Yep. Ran mine 2 years ago. I think I lost about $75 and called it a day.