12 sats \ 5 replies \ @clarity 16 Sep \ on: Stacker.News is a major routing source for my LN node bitcoin
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.
The phenomenon I’m referring to is purely on the node. Not related to my stacker.news account balance
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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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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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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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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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