#lightning #fees #lnd #node

I'm really tired of bad node operator that do not take advantage of everything we have and expect for the LN network to work properly. If you have a node, please do this.

I recommend having an automatic fee automator like charge-lnd so channels don't become stagnant:

https://github.com/accumulator/charge-lnd

And put some negative inbound fees for channels with no liquidity:

https://lightningnetwork.plus/posts/185

Any question I will respond below.

A good starting configuration:

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[encourage-routing]

# 'autobalance' (lower fees so using outbound is more attractive)

chan.min_ratio = 0.98

inbound_base_fee_msat = 0

inbound_fee_ppm = 0

strategy = static

base_fee_msat = 0

fee_ppm = 0

[discourage-routing]

# 'autobalance' (higher fees so using outbound is less attractive)

chan.max_ratio = 0.2

chan.min_ratio = 0.05

inbound_base_fee_msat = -64

inbound_fee_ppm = -16

strategy = static

base_fee_msat = 1_000

fee_ppm = 700

[all-liquidity-is-theirs]

chan.max_ratio = 0.00

inbound_base_fee_msat = -128

inbound_fee_ppm = -128

strategy = static

base_fee_msat = 100_000

fee_ppm = 5000

[discourage-routing-extreme]

chan.max_ratio = 0.05

inbound_base_fee_msat = -128

inbound_fee_ppm = -32

strategy = static

base_fee_msat = 10_000

fee_ppm = 2500

[proportional]

# 'proportional' can also be used to auto balance (lower fee rate when low remote balance & higher rate when higher remote balance)

# fee_ppm decreases linearly with the channel balance ratio (min_fee_ppm when ratio is 1, max_fee_ppm when ratio is 0)

chan.min_ratio = 0.2

chan.max_ratio = 0.98

strategy = proportional

min_fee_ppm = 8

max_fee_ppm = 160

inbound_base_fee_msat = 0

inbound_fee_ppm = 0

base_fee_msat = 128

min_fee_ppm_delta=16