0 sats \ 3 replies \ @BallLightning OP 17 Jun \ parent \ on: Lightning node i can open channel with lightning
Thanks, but this is not the problem for me, as i already said i was able to send sats (impossible with the channel partner offline).
Unfortunately I still CANNOT receive sats with channel to another node. The following are true:
- I have 1000 sats incoming liquidity (visible in zeus UI in the channel description)
- I create an invoice for 1 sat
- The invoice includes route hints
- I keep Zeus open
- I try to fulfil the invoice by withdrawal from this site, it says no routes found FAIL
- I try to fulfil the invoice from Mutiny and Moon - BOTH FAIL
Either I am missing something, or Zeus doesn't work correctly (who knows, maybe it can only work with wrapped invoices or something).
I will investigate (or not) later depending on my mood.
You've opened a normal channel with funds from your onchain.
If you were opening a 0conf channel with the Olympus LSP, you will get 100k sats also as inbound, right away and the channel is right away available.
That means:
- without having any funds in Zeus you hit the receive button, put the amount you want to deposit, let's say 500k sats (I would not open a smaller channel)
- then copy that LN invoice or scan it from another LN wallet and pay it
- Olympus LSP will open instantly a conf channel with your Zeus node, pushing towards your side of4 the channel balance the 500k sats - 10k sats fee, but you will see that you will receive also a 100k inbound liquidity on that channel. So the channel will be in total of 600k volume, with 500k yours.
Read more here: https://docs.zeusln.app/for-users/embedded-node/lightning-onboarding
And read here about the LSP: https://docs.zeusln.app/lsp/intro
But for sure you didn't read the docs before using Zeus, at least just to be informed about the options you have and how to proceed.
Also take in consideration the channel reserves and commit fees. Things that right now are not visible in the channel details (will be in a new version), but take in consideration a 1% as reserves.
You said that now it displays 1000 sats inbound available. I think you would need to move out some more sats, that small amount will not cover the cost of commit fees that can fluctuate in high fees periods.
If you really want to test it, be aware that 1 sat invoices sometimes could be rejected, due to others routing policies, try many different amounts, starting with 100 sats.
Sorry but if you do not have enough sats to play around, running a full LN node is not for you (yet).
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OK, small update. I did try sending larger amount outward. And after that I did succeed receiving via this channel. So... success i guess?
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I have read these. I don't want to mess with LSP before experiencing "normal" lightning channels.
I don't exactly currently understand reserves. The channel displays 4152 local and 4152 remote reserve. As far as I understand these should cover eventual channel close? I also don't understand how the sum of liquidity and reserves don't make the channel capacity.
I will maybe try to send more sats outbound tomorrow and see if this will allow me to receive sats.
BTW do you people realize how unusable this is for non tech people that want to spend their time in some other way than learning why they can't transact? And even if you manage to abstract everything go explain to someone new that he has to pay money to receive money. I think that's why eCash, that people here love to hate, is and will gain more and more traction (And I still don't know why transactions in mutiny out of the fedimint cost 1%, but that's a different topic).
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