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150 sats \ 4 replies \ @jimblogic 7 Jul 2022 freebie \ parent \ on: Does anyone have a list or link to routing fees earned by node operators? bitcoin
Yeah, unless you use hundreds of bitcoin to open hundreds of well connected channels and get a balanced inbound and outbound liquidity... you aren't going to make much on sats routing.
Also need to use software to automate the rebalancing and fees adjustments.
I see it more as a hobby/ enthusiast thing to do and monitor in a nearly altruistic way.
I have spent more sats on fees because of channels opening and closing than sats earnt.
I am in this same position. I run nodes because it’s my new found hobby. Fascinated by this tech!!
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I'm very curious in all of this too - it seems that there would be more 'money' or yield to be made this early in the game though for putting up capital and doing all of the hardwork, experimentation, and offsetting risk to run a successful routing node?
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Or conversely put, is there enough incentive to keep the network decentralized, encourage new nodes/routers? Or is this even necessary?
The tech here is incredible and it's so interesting to see how everything works.
I'm thinking to make a "serious" (I don't have hundreds of bitcoin lol) go at trying routing for a while just to get a first hand experience and learning with all of this.
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Thanks for sharing all of this
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