Damus
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Hello everyone! I want to share my opinion on how much a node or multiple nodes in the #Bitcoin #LightningNetwork can earn for their owners, using the example of my own nodes. I will provide the figures as an annual percentage.

Currently, over approximately five days, the entire network of my nodes earns about 500,000 satoshis per day on average. This is an average parameter. 500,000 satoshis is 0.005 bitcoins.

The liquidity on my side across all nodes is roughly around 300 bitcoins. So, let's simply calculate the annual percentage. You can roughly calculate it like this: 0.005 bitcoin multiplied by 365 days divided by 300 bitcoins. Multiply by 100%, and it comes out to about 0.6% profit from fees, which are currently at 700 ppm + 1 sat base fee.

This formula does not take into account the costs for opening channels, which include on-chain fees for Bitcoin channel opening transactions, nor does it include various expenses related to channel closures, whether automatic or forced, cooperative or forced. We are just taking the net figure as if the same channels were open all year without any expenses. You should also consider the risks associated with annual node maintenance. These include hosting costs, creating backups, labor efforts, and the risks of node hacking, which could theoretically be hacked and have all funds stolen.

Is this a profitable venture? You decide for yourselves. I just wanted to share some useful information with you.

Goodbye!

#Stats #LNBiG #profit #fees
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Rizful.com · 43w
Thanks for sharing. The thing is.... this is when you had your channels set to 700 ppm, right? I see you have been tweaking these fees recently.. I think you had a long period of zero fees, followed by fees around 1500, followed now by 700 -- given these changes, isn't it likely the network might "...
Rizful.com · 43w
Also, any insight on how you have ended up landing at 700ppm? Are you likely to keep it there or are still experimenting? Any why consistent fees for every channel, is it not better to set fees in such a way as channels might stay balanced and not become depleted in one direction?
El Flaco · 43w
Thanks for sharing! Super valuable insights.
josh · 43w
Thank you for the transparency. This is greatly appreciated.
AVB21 · 43w
Thank you. Looks like something I wouldn't touch seen the risk/work/profit ratio
rado1 · 43w
what is the viable business model for the future?
Tim · 43w
the real bitcoin yield
Davide · 43w
You also sell inbound channels, right?
Kretchino · 43w
Also small node operators have little chance of having incoming channels openened to them and must balance their outgoing channels by looping out sats which is not cheap either. Even if my node isn't profitable, when coupled with Lnbits, if offers great LN experience (via Zeus) to friends and family...
Centurio · 43w
The majority of lightning node runners will have much less then 1 BTC. So it is more like "support the network". There need to be many nodes to avoid centralization. Setup and running a secure node is difficult enought and stops zhe majority of bitcoiners to have an own node. Let alone all the ligh...
FreeYoda · 43w
Just here to pay some respect for you supporting the #Bitcoin network 🙏 Since these: "annual node maintenance. These include hosting costs, creating backups, labor efforts, and the risks of node hacking, which could theoretically be hacked and have all funds stolen." Are absolutely not to be ign...
Robertrobert · 43w
Size matters it seems. Joe Shmoe probably isn’t going to generate revenue worth the time and expense for a small channel. Thank you for your service🫡
Tauri · 43w
nostr:nprofile1qqspnzgrfett3asxcuj0gksje6z2zxzpvgd27uvz58m9vsuqh8zzw6cpzemhxue69uhkyet5vyhxummnw3exjmpwvdsk6qghwaehxw309aex2mrp09ejuerfvank7mewvdhk6eec0xn can you provide your figures too?
f34f23 · 41w
please check your messaages
Filipe Martinho · 41w
Thanks for sharing and thank you for helping the lightning network grow!