What lightning tools do you think are needed in general?
Totally depends on what you're trying to achieve:
Casual payments: Breez wallet (iOS/Android) does a perfect job for the casual non-technical user.
Self-Sovereignty (some technical expertise required): Set up a Raspiblitz and use Zeus Wallet.
Routing Node: I only use a vanilla CLN node and a vanilla bitcoind and some handwritten scripts.
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Would love to know more about the handwritten scripts? Just trying to see what would be missing for someone who runs their node the way you do.
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Not something very special.
  1. I run a script every minute adjusting max_htlc to avoid routing failures.
  2. I run a script every minute to open channels that have been paid to my BTCPay server
  3. I run a script that force-closes any channels BitPay may open to me
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They had it coming.
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Have they tried a lot? Are they learning? :)
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