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258 sats \ 4 replies \ @south_korea_ln 4 Jul 2024 \ on: When you run a bitcoin LN, who benefits more: you or the entire bitcoin network? bitcoin
Do it for yourself. As your personal payment node. You'll learn plenty and it's fun.
If you want to do it for the network, as a routing node, you need lots of bitcoin and plenty of time to take care of it. Nodes that are not managed well do more harm than good, causing stuck htlc, force closes, etc...
That's an option too of course, but it's at another level of commitment...
Read @DarthCoin's guides.
Nodes that are not managed well do more harm than good, causing stuck htlc, force closes, etc...
100% Well said!
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Thanks for the suggestion! Didn't know this difference. I'll try to explore it more.
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If you are a beginner definitely go for a private node, Blixt or Zeus are the best of those nowadays. As a newbie running a routing node you will probably do more harm to the network than helping it so a lot of learning first before getting to that (optional) level
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Make a very important distinction between public and private LN nodes.
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