How many lightning channels do you have open?
244 sats \ 3 comments \ @blocktock 29 Sep 2023 bitcoin
  • Curious to know how many channels people have found to be a manageable number for their nodes?
  • Are you employing the quality over quantity principle?
  • How do you ensure uptime, if you ever need to relocate, move, take offline your node?
Hopefully can turn into a nice refresher for those looking to optimize their setup.
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @nullcount 29 Sep 2023
Regarding num channels manageable: Depends on the hardware/bandwidth your node has. Also, any custom scripts/tooling to manage channels automatically "in bulk" without becoming overwhelming to manually maintain.
Quality is always better than quantity, IMO.
Regarding uptime:
https://nullcount.com/how-to-migrate-an-umbrel-lnd-node-without-closing-channels/
These days I run every node in as a VM in Proxmox. Since the machine is virtualized, I can do live migrations. It means I can transfer the Node VM to another server over the internet while its running. Even the memory is migrated without any downtime.
https://nullcount.com/how-to-install-umbrel-in-a-proxmox-virtual-machine/
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @blocktock OP 29 Sep 2023
Thanks for the guide. Saved the migration one for later
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @kenn_b 29 Sep 2023
  • just a handful. No need for more, unless you are trying to be a pro routing node or have a service that requires it.
  • quality over quantity (the main decision factor is a purpose of the channel)
  • have not had to do that yet
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