But since I am experimenting I want to know why I can't receive on my current channel setup.

It's a Zeus thing. Your node has to be online & it does not run in the background (others do this, Zeus does not in my experience.). You've got to open it up to get it 'online' each time.

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I can't receive sats on Zeus via lightning

BallLightning

> But since I am experimenting I want to know why I can't receive on my current channel setup.

It's a Zeus thing. Your node has to be online & it does not run in the background (others do this, Zeus does not in my experience.). You've got to open it up to get it 'online' each time.

[Here is the info on Zeus Pay (their LNaddress service)](https://docs.zeusln.app/lightning-address/intro/?ref=trustbtc.org)