Our Alby Hub LN transactions are slow like molasses, today, including opening a new channel.
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Does that mean Bitcoin fees are up?
I don't consider 3sats/vbyte high ๐
Then I guess I just need more channels.
I don't understand what trasactions you mean. chain or offchain?
Chain transactions (channel opening) can be slow if your fee settings are too low.
I think that 10sats/vbyte can get you to next two blocks now. So 20 minutes. LN nodes typically require 5 confirmations. Your channel should be ready in 60 minutes.
If we talk about slow LN transactions, then it's probably path finding issue. It depends how well your node is connected. More channels matter only when they connect to different and well connected nodes.
Given that I don't know how well you're connected to the ln network I can't really say anything helpful.
Node operators also set high fees on channels these days (probably did not adjustes back lower from high fee env we were in last half of this year). So if you cap/limit the transaction it can make path finding even harder ...
I'm trying to open a channel. Can't figure out where to raise the fees.
It's been 14 minutes and not a single confirmation.
How does opening a channel translate to Alby Hub being slow? These are unrelated.
I didn't know if there was a bug in the interface, just not displaying the transaction, or if the transaction is really so slow.
I've had this for a couple of days, so far, and it's still all a bit mysterious.
You need multiple confirmations for a channel to be open, usually takes about an hour.
nostr:npub1m0sxqk5uwvtjhtt4yw3j0v3k6402fd35aq8832gp8kmer78atvkq9vgcru is your guy to ask about making the UX more transparent.
It told me that I had 1 confirmation, but then it was like Psych! Back to zero! ๐
Run your own node
People keep telling us to run more servers and it's like... soon, I'll need to have my own server farm, just to run some FOSS web apps and send people 10 sats.
Iโve never seen that happen, unless your TX got caught in an orphaned block? It can happen, but rarely.
I have been waiting for a transaction to clear for almost 4 hours, and it won't budge, so I thought I'd open a new channel, and that appears to have been a stupid idea and a waste of money.
Still no confirmation. Like watching paint dry.