I hadn't even thought about the effects on the wider network, but that's totally true, e.g., [Granovetter 1973](https://edisciplinas.usp.br/pluginfile.php/4865899/mod_resource/content/0/The%20Strength%20of%20Weak%20Ties.pdf) and [Burt 2004](file:///Users/nugent/Downloads/9781789909432-book-part-9781789909432-30.pdf) among a million others.

elvismercury

mostly_harmless

Channels

> Probably one can have too much inbound capacity, but it's usually not a problem in practice as far as I can tell.

There is a cost to opening channels, if we want to continue the metaphor. Your inbound liquidity may come at a great cost to you, while (possibly) simultaneously aiding your network.