Has anyone got a guide on relay set up in 2025? Who is the btcsessions of nostr? I want to follow him
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My 1 month pleb Lightning Node update
With minimal micromanagement and 11 total channels, these are my stats over after 1 month of routing
Forwards = 728
Volume = 18,164,162 sats
Average route = 24,951 sats
Fees earned = 5,744 sats
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My Pleb Lightning Node update: ⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️
In less than a month, my pleb Lightning Tor routing node with only 10 channels has routed 315 transactions.
Volume =12,879,127 sats
Fees earned = 3,320 sats
I will be back to post a full month update next week.
Cheers! ⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️
I forgot to mention my Avalon hash, 6.5 Th/s is also going solo to Public_Pool
So I've got about 17.6 Th/s total. Not bad for a pleb!
Home Mining Update...Winter is coming!
It's fall right now in New England, 41 degrees F outside right now at night. My Avalon Nano 3S doesn't produce enough heat for my entire apartment (my toes are freezing right now!) because it is too efficient of a machine (props to Canaan)! Therefore, I just had to turn on my S9. I'll be warm soon.
I also have a Bitaxe Gamma going (negligible heat).
In case anyone is curious, there's where I'm sending my hash:
1.1 Th/s from Bitaxe -> Solo public_pool
@Public_Pool_BTC
1 Th/s from S9 -> Solo CK pool
@ckpooldev
9 Th/s from S9 -> Ocean pool mining
@ocean_mining
I'm splitting my S9 hash using BraiinsOS
@BraiinsMining
I haven't calculated my pooled rewards yet because I literally just turned on my S9 right now. But I'll report back in a week on how many sats I'm earning per day (not accounting for electricity cost, of course).
Also, I'm working on self-hosting an instance of Public_Pool and also will soon be "non-pool" mining through my Start9 server with Datum Gateway. Work in progress
On today's episode of NEED runs a node from his
@start9labs
home server...
- I purchased some inbound liquidity using
@getAlby
Hub. This was really cool and definitely wasn't this easy back when I was running a node just 2 years ago! Alby Hub has so many great features and ways to connect to other Lightning apps/wallets. ✅
- I moved a good chunk of on-chain sats to my node in anticipation of opening a few channels. I'll be opening first to
@predyx_markets
to continue my support of their awesome Lightning-enabled platform! ⚡️✅
- I did my first server wide backup including all apps. Not trivial, but again, easy-to-follow instructions are included by Start9, and so far, every single issue I've run into has been promptly solved after asking a question in their 24/7 live support Matrix forum ✅
- I followed more instructions to ensure I have a secure https local browser connection. ✅
- I found a nostr relay service in the Start9 registry marketplace - I'll be exploring these instructions soon so I can start my own nostr relay!
This is all frickin' awesome and so empowering. Every Bitcoiner should run their own server and node. Do it!
Do you see this? Day 3 asking for help on which relays I should add and how to add them
3 days in a row posting on nostr. How am I doing?
This has been very helpful. Thank you everyone. I realize my problem with relays means that no one can even see my plea for help so I guess I'm infinitely just stuck here talking to myself. Yippee. Also, how is there not one single guide on nostr relays that exists online. What have you guys been doing?
After I try to send a zap the little circle icon is freezing at this moment 
I can't zap anyone. What gives
well I'm on damus right now and see no option or ⚡ to zap you
which relays are good to add? honestly I have not changed or added any since I set this up years ago lol
And I don't see how to zap someone else from Damus? I'm on Android...
no idea if my zaps are working
Very soon I will be running a Datum Gateway on @start9labs OS that will enable me to non-pool (solo) mine with my own Bitcoin Knots template on @ocean_mining. Once I figure this out, I will feel pretty cool. Never say you're not technical enough! #RunaNode
Just zapped you 1030 for winning my Psalm contest ✝️⚡