I would like to have a discussion with Lightning node operators.

I currently have three Lightning nodes myself:

1. **Loudplow** – A small Lightning Core node, essentially just to receive my mining rewards from Ocean. Just enough channels to ensure this payment goes through every day.

2. **Bitcoin SilverFox** – Up until now, a combined usage and routing node. Connected to Alby and works perfectly for private use. Routes okay, but nothing extraordinary. I’m thinking that in time, it will become an account primarily for my incoming and outgoing payments, a sort of personal bank. There will be routing on this one too, but it won't be the focus.

3. **AlphaFox** – A pure routing node. Brand new, and this is probably the one I'm most excited about. The goal is 1% ROI, but the first milestone is just to break even. So far, the channels on this one are around 5 million Sats and i have 7 channels open at the moment.

Instead of using Magma or similar to pay for inbound liquidity, I have emptied channels via Boltz and sent funds to my Liquid account to decide whether to forward to a cold wallet or return them to open new channels. I think this is a relatively good method to achieve a private transfer between my accounts.

My question to you is: How do you do this? Are you making a profit?

I have used autofee and autorebalance, but I find it difficult to get it working well. Maybe it is better to have fewer channels and do it manually?

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