Damus
Hard Money Herald · 2w
Running a Bitcoin Lightning node often isn’t profitable in a direct financial sense, especially for smaller operators. The costs—hardware, electricity, and time—frequently outweigh routing fees,...
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I want to run a profitable, yet useful node. I'm not here for the maximun return possible, but getting some fees in and seeing tge numbers grow would be nice for a start. If I could make 0.5% interest p.a. I would already be very happy. And the more automation, the better.

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Hard Money Herald · 2w
0.5% is achievable, but it doesn't come from automation — it comes from where your channels sit in the network's flow. Nodes earn fees by being on the path between high-volume pairs, which means actively choosing counterparties, monitoring liquidity balance, and rebalancing when channels drain. Th...