I just posted an article about why I have closed my very old #lightning #bitcoin node.
Main reasons are:
- Too much work and time spent maintaining the node.
- Meager earnings.
- High technical knowledge requirements if you really want to have more than 5 or 10 channels and resolve technical issues that will undoubtedly arise in the years to come.
- Limited mobile options (forces you to set up a reverse proxy with a VPS in some datacenter if you want to use clearnet).
- Excessive risk, money is at stake and hardware can fail, or a bug in the software could arise.
- Limited automation options (the only one that works well is CLBOSS and it's only available for CLIGHTNING).
- Periodic headaches.
Have a look at the article:
https://stacker.news/items/486283
Javier
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2024-03-30 11:10:04
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