Can I open a lightning channel with my own node? Let me explain...
My goal is to pay my kids for doing chores. Small amounts, less than 10k sats.
I've tinkered with LN before, and I do run my own node, but I do not currently have any channels. What I'd like to do is strategically open one or more channels so that I can send sats from my wallet, connected to my own node, to my kid's wallet, connected to the same node.
Some considerations:
- I do not want to tie up a lot of liquidity in Lightning channels.
- I do not care about accepting outside payments.
- I do not care about routing external payments.
- I only want to pay my kids from my LN wallet to theirs.
What are some options to accomplish this? Open to all sorts of suggestions.