12.3k sats \ 1 reply \ @C_Otto 9 Jan \ on: Where to get LIghtning liquidity lightning
There's no obvious good (nor bad). One important factor is what kind of node you'd like to run, and all of the following is about running a routing node. If you send/receive a lot (for whatever reason), things are very different.
I wrote down some ideas on https://c-otto.de. If you decide to open a channel to my node (c-otto.de), it needs to be 10M sats or more. Furthermore, I regularly close channels if they don't perform (in comparison to the other channels). For this I take into account how many sats are "stuck", see https://github.com/C-Otto/lnd-manageJ/blob/main/rating.md for a more detailed explanation.
In general I'd recommend opening (and maintaining!) just a few larger channels, instead of having a higher number of smaller channels. This, of course, depends on how many sats you'd want to have on your node (which, then, is a hot wallet). If that amount is below 5 BTC, I'd recommend not running a routing node.
I personally really liked Alex Bosworth's talk (from five years ago): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HlPIB6jt6ww
If you're inexperienced, I suggest you start slow. Just a few channels, not a whole lot of liquidity, to get your feet wet. You'll learn a lot (and you have to learn a lot), and you'll need some time to adjust your tooling.
Thanks.
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