Tools like Surge from @voltage_cloud imo are going to be eye-opening for the Lightning Network long term.

Now that node runners can get time series data, insights and tips on running a node will be shared.

Best practices will develop. Reliability increases.

As optimization happens on the top nodes in the network, new individuals can spin up a node and quickly have a great payments experience.

Over time, the free market will also start to rate and label which nodes are censoring, potentially could sensor, or won't sensor at all.

Tools like, nostr:npub1v5ufyh4lkeslgxxcclg8f0hzazhaw7rsrhvfquxzm2fk64c72hps45n0v5 , nostr:npub1g2eak89f7ul2scwv5866na6d4huhkml488xlwgkv4ctprxg8mlnq0k8cz7 , #Nostr, @getmash and others will make balancing channels faster and easier because users will be earning on a bitcoin standard to their node.

I am so optimistic for the future because we have tools and practical applications that people will use.

While the learning curve is grueling for now, it will shorten over time as experiences become standardized.