True, long run app support is still pretty shaky.  But I think it's the best "middle" solution since running a full bitcoin node is gonna be a hefty lift for most people, and custodial lightning has a lot of rugging / regulatory risk.

And yeah, the time investment and cost for routing is mostly related to rebalancing and liquidity.  I also think you need to make pretty big channels in order to route profitably... that's a lot of sats you put at risk.


SimpleStacker

lightning

Question for everyone who runs a lightning node

frostdragon

Ah gotcha - I misunderstood. Yeah I'm aware that exists as well - wasn't asking about those though. TBH I'm kind of skeptical of non-custodial lightning wallets where you control your own keys as a long term solution - I've seen several app devs just completely ditch that headache after a while...

I think "trying to make a profitable routing node" is probably where I've gotten confused about the cost thing. 