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Replying to Avatar BitcoinSilverFox

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?

#Bitcoin #LightningNetwork #NodeRunner #PlebChain #AskNostr #LightningRouting

Imho routing nodes should have channels with at least 10M, better more sats.

Ideally, you have the same outbound liquidity like your inbound. As a routing node, you can also have a bit more inbound. Can help with the flow.

You can start with LNDg and their autofees and rebalancing. It works well enough if you position yourself high enough in the fee hierarchy (relatively low fees towards sinks). You want to use your sources (peers which you have <10ppm towards) to rebalance your sinks with.

Personally, I wouldn’t expose my BTC in a hotwallet for just a 1% yield though.

Today I checked out firefish and you get 12 months at 8%, 24 months at 10%. Very tempting. Did you ever look into them? What duration did you choose and at which rate?

Replying to Avatar marksn

Merry Christmas.

I am gonna donate my routing profit today to nostr:nprofile1qqs8suecw4luyht9ekff89x4uacneapk8r5dyk0gmn6uwwurf6u9ruspr4mhxue69uhkummnw3ezucnfw33k76twv4ezuum0vd5kzmp0qy88wumn8ghj7mn0wvhxcmmv9umed8hf .

A special shoutout to my noderunner companions.

The journey wouldn’t be possible without them.

To name a few:

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Merry Christmas to you too!

GM! They are still adjusting the right red tone though…

Is it dead yet?

Had this idea as well a while back. Would have stamped „Study Bitcoin“ though.

Why is that? If it is motivation, I can tell you that you have inspired many and your thoughts helped others to align theirs. So please don’t give up on it.

Seriously, you should write more. I enjoy reading your pieces and get so much out of it. Thanks.

I missed it too, even though I never skated before ;-) That’s why I started surfskating at 40+ a couple of years ago. Skating the bowls and pumptracks of this world is a hell lot of fun! Just do it.

I hope not! Would be so boring 🥱

„When you sit on the couch and eat chips, it is easy to think that you would like to be Neo.“ - love that nostr:npub1st4elxz4dphx2qxpuaklvs855zetnkglu8dvszdxamgqn5q3pk5svflv5p !

#matrix

Just today I had a discussion with some colleagues and I realized how big the knowledge gap is. And they are educated people who are interested in Bitcoin. Still, it takes some serious studying and also pre-knowledge to „get it“.

I think the majority of the people will never understand Bitcoin. Still at one point, everyone will use Bitcoin. Just because most people follow the masses.

I think most just see Bitcoin like any other investment. They don’t see the big picture. It takes lots of time and efforts to create this understanding. Most don’t have the time or are just not interested.

The biggest roadblock to Bitcoin’s mass adoption is that it fundamentally challenges everything you’ve been told and requires a deep understanding.