yeah, i have a really nice optic fibre gigabit link here now, can't wait until i have the cash handy to put a bitcoin node up and my own channels, to maybe a few decent plebs get into a little node running and try to make something that runs for a long time and doesn't close for as long as possible... like the old days of uptime bragging rights... people should really brag about how long they keep channels open, it's a worthy contest.
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It really is. A few of my channels turned 1 year old last month, although my actual uptime is probably closer to 95% due to a few power outages I’ve suffered here.
Lightning is a game changer for Bitcoin scaling. I did about 100 payments in 10 minutes with my zaps, which would’ve cost $250 on the main chain.