Stacker.News is a major routing source for my LN node
128 sats \ 9 comments \ @SimpleStacker 16 Sep bitcoin
I've noticed an interesting pattern. Every time I increase my remote balance on my channel to Stacker.News (usually by spending money on gift cards), my remote balance is almost immediately returned to me through routing. This makes it so that I can never maintain a large remote balance on Stacker.News as it almost always gets used up quickly. This doesn't happen with any of my other (admittedly few) channels.
Just wondering if anyone has insight as to this pattern. Anyone else experienced this? Would anyone working at SN like to comment?
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12 sats \ 5 replies \ @clarity 16 Sep
On a side bar, I'd mention that it's likely not the functionality of the site that's causing this, but the channels the site's node is connected to are likely the cause. I say this because I believe your sat balance is simply reflected in a database table and has nothing to do with the underlying node's satoshis, until you go to withdraw them.
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32 sats \ 4 replies \ @SimpleStacker OP 16 Sep
The phenomenon I’m referring to is purely on the node. Not related to my stacker.news account balance
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0 sats \ 3 replies \ @clarity 16 Sep
right, which is why I said "side bar". I just wanted to highlight this feature of this latest type of web3 site, which has been around but people don't seem to know how to make it. It's mostly just web2 coding + creating and paying invoices when people click to send it to their wallet. I just find it rather cool.
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0 sats \ 2 replies \ @SimpleStacker OP 17 Sep
It is indeed cool. To your point though I wonder if it is actually related to people sending their sats off stacker.news
Because I’m connected with inbound liquidity to other, larger nodes, and I hardly get any routing activity from those other nodes
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @clarity 17 Sep
Probably the case. Stacker.News generates usage of the lightning network. Idk what else on the internet would cause a tremendous usage of the lightning network.
Do you have any automations in place, to keep the channel balanced? If not, I have heard LNDG is an option for automation, and I'm curious what other automations are available. It's the main reason I haven't kept my node going. What's the point of spending all that time playing with my bitcoin, where I could make a mistake and lose money on building channels and tearing them down. Already have... Curious who knows best on the automation front
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @SimpleStacker OP 17 Sep
I don't have any automations. I'm a novice node runner who started a bare bones command line node (just to educate myself, really).
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0 sats \ 2 replies \ @OT 16 Sep
You might have very low or zero fees.
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22 sats \ 1 reply \ @SimpleStacker OP 16 Sep
I have default fees, which I think is like 1 sat base fee and 0 ppm(?)
But the thing is my fees are the same across all channels. Yet Stacker.News is by far the biggest source of inbound routing
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @OT 17 Sep
Not sure then.
Maybe open another channel to another well connected and active node.
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