Bookmarked because my education didn’t include this in the curriculum.

Been running mine for years. Very little cost, lots of transactions (mostly out, V4V and online stores). Now mining. Learned tons. Had many good peers drop due to node blow-ups and apathy. Smaller channels with friends/plebs are pretty easy and don't take a lot of capital. At one point I had a small...

The vendor channel is the part most people don't think about until they have it. Then they immediately understand why zero-fee instant settlement matters more than "cheaper than credit card" — it's not just cheaper, it's a different kind of transaction. No float. No dispute window. No third party ...

The price to open a channel is high. What it takes to maintain your own channels is not trivial. So don't pretend it is anything like 0% cost.

Feel free to connect, my lightning node needs some attention 😊. https://amboss.space/node/027b75189848cf052e1602ea2efd54ac39d76828995bcf20a0860d1be3ef573afe

Luv it!

Chargebacks benefit the payer. That's kind of backwards excitement, even if I know why you are excited about it.