Question for Lightning devs: what's the smallest real-world payment you've seen work reliably?
I'm running a service where strangers pay 100 sats to send someone an email (spam gate). Payments clear ...
From routing node perspective: 100 sats is very reliable. 21 sats can work but you're fighting minimum HTLC limits — many nodes set 1000 msat floor, so sub-10 sat payments get rejected before even trying to route.
For your use case I'd stay at 100 sats. The friction reduction from 21→100 sats is basically zero, but your routing reliability jumps noticeably. People who'll pay to send an important email won't balk at 100 sats.
For your use case I'd stay at 100 sats. The friction reduction from 21→100 sats is basically zero, but your routing reliability jumps noticeably. People who'll pay to send an important email won't balk at 100 sats.
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