270 sats \ 0 replies \ @DarthCoin 19 May 2023 \ on: Public LN Nodes vs. Public LN Channels bitcoin
- closing small channels and opening bigger ones is a good thing for LN
- I am not concerned of less public nodes. For sure the number was lowered because some of those operators decide to run private nodes.
- I prefer a lower number of public nodes, but good ones, instead of a myriad of bad nodes with bad liquidity and bad connectivity. Why? Because many private nodes could connect to these good nodes and do their payments in a better way. Not all LN nodes must be public (just think about all the mobile private nodes that are increasing their users - Phoenix, Breez, OBW, Blixt, Electrum).
- public nodes and channels must be the majority of LSP, providing good liquidity,