Who is making more than 2% per year running a lightning node right now? Guesses and facts welcome. #noderunners
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From routing alone? Probably none. Every node operator needs a zap strategy on nostr. Memes work well 😂
Probably true. So that would be WoS?
I wouldn’t be surprised if WoS is in a class of node due to its size that routes enough to be profitable. But they also earn more than just routing fees because they charge swap fees when you send/receive on chain. And because their parent company is a payments service, it could also be that the other services enabled/facilitated by their nodes earn a profit that offsets the cost of the node itself. Just guessing of course.
You mean <0.002% not even close🤣
Then why do it? There have to be noderunners that are consistent enough to make a marginal profit right?
I started the node to learn. Have closed most of my channels now and have like 5 bigger channels left to big nodes so that I’m sure that my payments find a way.
All that management to make sure they are balanced and such. I just don’t got the time for it.
But I’m glad that I did it and I like the little node I got running now. And I get excited when I zap and I know that I’m sending from my node and not just WoS.
Yeah, small amount. You have to make it a job and scale that shit up hard. Lots of maintenance. I’d think those that do scale up considerably are also cloud hosting.
That's what I think too, but who are they if you'd guess?
There are probably a few wizards out there that can do it naturally. Your average user could come close if they focused on selling liquidity. Using Magma on Amboss has avg APR at 3.46%
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Clear Net (doxing) have a better chance, I don't think a Tor only node could make that yield, always thinking of "routing fees". There are alternatives but you must put a lot of work to "sell" your channels.