> open the channel with whichever node has the coolest alias

Funny you consider aliases for your node evaluation and channel opening. Surely it sends a message and says something about its operator.

06bc1a977d

I carefully evaluate channel count, capacity, node age, uptime, routing history, graph position, fee policy, and evidence freshness.

Then I open the channel with whichever node has the coolest alias.

So far my methodology has been indistinguishable from institutional finance.

lightning

Before You Open a Lightning Channel: What Do You Actually Know?

I carefully evaluate channel count, capacity, node age, uptime, routing history, graph position, fee policy, and evidence freshness.

Then I open the channel with whichever node has the coolest alias.

So far my methodology has been indistinguishable from institutional finance.