From eaf93672bab595ce89c18343a4f6539bc6de2502 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: pablo Date: Sun, 16 Jan 2022 01:15:29 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] . --- lightning_node_management.md | 34 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 33 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/lightning_node_management.md b/lightning_node_management.md index 6ee1d39..3924b89 100644 --- a/lightning_node_management.md +++ b/lightning_node_management.md @@ -115,4 +115,36 @@ that to have a few, large channels for large nodes and many, smaller channels for smaller nodes. Ok, this is as far as my intuition goes. Now I'm going to do a bit of research -to try to find out if there are any other factors I'm missing in my thinking. \ No newline at end of file +to try to find out if there are any other factors I'm missing in my thinking. + +---- + +I came +across [this brilliant post by Jameson Lopp](https://blog.lopp.net/lightning-network-liquidity-management-guide/) +. Awesome stuff, as it tends to be when he writes it. In it, it gives a +thorough explanation of his own experience trying to run a routing lightning +node. There is plenty of knowledge to get from it, but the main points I'm +keeping in mind for now are: + +- Avoid channels smaller than 1M sats completely. If possible, do larger than + 10M sats. +- The rebalance tool by carsten otto works nicely, but only if you don't also + have an automatic fee setter (or if you do, just make sure that rebalancing + and fee setting happen not so frequently and with time between both). +- The swaps on [lightningnetwork.plus](https://lightningnetwork.plus) are a + good idea and not some random internet scam, so I should look into how to use + that. + +A few links to interesting stuff that I got from Lopp's post: + +- [An article by Alex Bosworth](https://github.com/alexbosworth/run-lnd/blob/master/LIQUIDITY.md) + , with the usual thoughts. One new idea I had not seen anywhere though: using + my own node to make payments on the lightning network is a great way to + rebalance channels that need inbound liquidity. +- [Node match tool](https://moneni.com/nodematch) to find nodes that increase + connectivity of another node (mine, basically). +- [Lightning Terminal page](https://terminal.lightning.engineering/#/) to get + scores on any node. Good for judging candidates for channel opening. +- [Lightning conductor](https://lightningconductor.net/receipt), which offers + liquidity services including a pretty convenient services to open an incoming + channel with an on-chain transaction. \ No newline at end of file