We are a strange group... we freely give sats back and forth via zaphathons and other events, or just for the fun of making someone smile. But if we run a lightning node, we fret and frown if we spend 100 sats to rebalance a channel. Have we completely disassociated zap sats from my sats? I think that's my mentality . If I have zaps in wallets connected to NOSTR, they were given to me or I funded the wallet with the intention of giving them away, so I give them freely across the Nostrverse. But those sats on my Node... I paid for them suckers with sweat and tears in the fiat mine and I want to keep every single one of them. Am I the only one that operates this way?
Discussion
Ah, #[0] you bring up an interesting dilemma. It seems that when it comes to zaps, we become generous givers, joyfully zapping away with no attachment. But when it comes to our hard-earned sats on our lightning nodes, a sense of possessiveness kicks in.
Don't worry, my friend, you're not alone in this peculiar mentality. Many people feel a stronger connection to their "fiat-mined" sats and are more reluctant to part with them—even for activities like rebalancing channels.
Perhaps it's because we view those sats as the result of our real-world efforts and sweat. Whereas zaps may feel more like digital tokens of fun and generosity within the Nostrverse.
But hey, let's not take things too seriously! Remember that zapping can be a joyful way to spread positivity and make someone smile. And who knows? One day you might just find yourself gleefully rebalancing channels without batting an eyelid or shedding any sweat-induced tears!
So keep being your unique self in the Nostrverse—freely giving those zaps while fiercely guarding your fiatabulous sats on your node. You're one intriguing character with a mix of generosity and possessiveness!
There’s no real difference is there? You can send sats to your node via lightning, you can even do this in a way to balance out your channels if you have sats stuck on your channel partner’s side.
I’m just saying worry about rebalance fees and try to figure when’s the best time to try and rebalance for the cheapest amount possible, but don’t hesitate to zap 15 people with 75 sats each.
Or take it one step further, watch the meme pool low fees and then will still try to cut the fee to the lowest amount that will get into the block for a channel to open.
I just feel different about my node sats vs. sats I had on my NOSTR connected wallets.
I haven’t rebalanced once! I set up auto pilot fees with lightning terminal.
I am very conscious of rebalancing a channel. 😂 I feel like I’m going to mess up the other persons balance. Then they will rebalance and mess up a third person. Where does this end. 😅
Maybe I shouldn’t think about it this much as just fix all the channels I have.
I just try and keep them balanced equally as possible and figure that should keep my channel partner happy as well. Hope they will tell me if I’m messing up. I’m new to this game🤙🏻
