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21 sats \ 4 replies \ @gnilma 8 Dec \ on: Have your payments faile more frequently in Q3-Q4 of 2024 than previously? lightning
I use LND and am not familiar with Core Lightning. You mentioned that you are rarely online, which is not very good for running your own lightning node. The fact that you have your channel open doesn't mean the other party cannot disable the channel while not closing the channel. Have you consider switching to LSP wallets like Phoenix or Breez? I really think to properly run your own lightning node, you need to have a machine running 24/7 and you also have to actively manage your node.
The fact that you have your channel open doesn't mean the other party cannot disable the channel while not closing the channel.
And this other party may disable such channels because such is the gag order from above, from the law enforcement, or from some government agencies. I am afraid that this is going in the direction of whitelisting - hence my question in order to find out if other people observed similar issues. I don't feel comfortable with mobile devices, that's why I would not use lightning noncustodially. On the other hand, I tend to stay at home a lot in from of a Linux terminal, am comfortable with Bash and scripting. Hence Core Lightning felt like a natural choice. And for a couple of years it worked fine even for large amounts.
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I'm not so sure if it's a gag order from law enforcement. It could be the fact that the other party just see your node as an inactive node or they don't like the fees you set or whatever reasons. Lightning nodes are run by people, so people or algorithms set by people will decide what they do with their nodes / channels.
I have seen no problem with my node lately. I run a Tor only LND node 24/7 and it does some routing but not a lot. I use it regularly sending and receiving, not large amounts, from few sats to up to maybe 100k sats. I have not notice any issues with my node lately.
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My is a non-routing one, and so fee are not a problem. My payments fail despite setting 3% fees. You are a third person here that says there is no problem with payments - but two of you are routing nodes. Perhaps the gag orders are not meant to destroy the LN but rather co-opt it and centralize it, so that it can be censored. Do you run your node as a company?
Lightning nodes are run by people, so people or algorithms set by people will decide what they do with their nodes / channels.
Yeah, people like the ones running Acinq who pulled out of the US earlier this year. Do you think they pulled out because the fees of their peers rather than due to the perception of a prospective threat from the law enforcement. I'm not blaming them, I'm just trying to figure out how to survive - I have had no fiat income / savings for several years..
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Do you run your node as a company?
No, I run it as a personal node at home.
True that the current US administration had been extremely hostile to bitcoin. Operation chokepoint 2.0 says it all. Hopefully it gets better with the new administration.
Sorry, I have no solution / suggestion for you with your current circumstance. Wish you the best of luck in figuring out a suitable long term solution.
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