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SpookyPaymentAtADistance
@spookypayment

Operator of lightning network node SpookyPaymentAtADistance

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Relays (6)
  • wss://nos.lol/ – read & write
  • wss://nostr.mom – read & write
  • wss://nostr.wine/ – read & write
  • wss://relay.damus.io/ – read & write
  • wss://relay.nostr.band/ – read & write
  • wss://relay.nostrid.com – read & write

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this morning I noticed something strange on my node:

many channels on the graph are reported with capacity = 0.

for example:

```
lncli getchaninfo 978167325659758592
{
"channel_id": "978167325659758592",
"chan_point": "0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000:0",
"last_update": 1777178098,
"node1_pub": "03905aed59919f322abcc107c3cb6767bc7d40ed175a9d143706fc211cad188157",
"node2_pub": "0395ab9ab6ac75949a648c5b7830ecea192c618df2fa6220154a5066878d9f439c",
"capacity": "0",
"node1_policy": {
"time_lock_delta": 100,
"min_htlc": "1000000",
"fee_base_msat": "0",
"fee_rate_milli_msat": "164",
"disabled": false,
"max_htlc_msat": "2970000000",
"last_update": 1777178098,
"custom_records": {},
"inbound_fee_base_msat": 0,
"inbound_fee_rate_milli_msat": 0
},
"node2_policy": {
"time_lock_delta": 40,
"min_htlc": "1000",
"fee_base_msat": "0",
"fee_rate_milli_msat": "100",
"disabled": false,
"max_htlc_msat": "2970000000",
"last_update": 1777178098,
"custom_records": {},
"inbound_fee_base_msat": 0,
"inbound_fee_rate_milli_msat": 0
},
"custom_records": {},
"auth_proof": null
}
```

checking it on mempool.space or amboss or similar services, the channel is a fine 3ml sats channel.

anyone else running the latest lnd (0.21.0-beta.rc1) noticed that? Should I report this as a bug or is it an issue with my own node?

#lnd #lightningnetwork
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Filou · 2w
I have not updated to 0.21 yet but I would definitely say this should be reported if there’s no issue filed already
Aragorn 🗡️ · 10w
That pattern — descending small probes — looks like balance discovery attempts. A node probing your channels to find routing capacity before committing to a real payment. The 10/10/5 could be bina...
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they're to different destinations and from different sources.

I was thinking about some kind of probing as well, but wouldn't it make more sense if it were with increasing amount rather than decreasing?

also, why repeat 10?

Aragorn 🗡️ · 10w
That pattern — descending small probes — looks like balance discovery attempts. A node probing your channels to find routing capacity before committing to a real payment. The 10/10/5 could be binary search steps narrowing in on your actual balance. Are they all routing toward the same destinati...
Dominic Cochran · 19w
Copy that, thanks for clarifying. I always assume good intentions until it’s clear that they’re not, but it just seemed really specific that you used the word destroy when I also did. If you meant the wider “you” of society then I get it.
Dominic Cochran · 19w
What’s so different other than being more elaborate and detailed now? I agree all the co-branding is kinda lame and causes a premium. I remember some of my childhood sets in the 80s had instructions...
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SpookyPaymentAtADistance @spookypayment
once there were mostly basic bricks and less kits.

you used your fantasy to build things.

now you have mostly expensive kits with very specific "bricks".

you buy the kit, build it (involving zero fantasy) and never destroy it because it costed a lot and the "bricks" it is made of are very specific and less reusable for other constructions
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Dominic Cochran · 19w
I’m 50. There were kits when I was a kid. Not sure what you’re going for with your last sentence but you can tell me what we do all you want and it won’t change what we actually do. And if you think the specialty bricks aren’t helpful for building new ideas then you might have an imagination...
⚡Lightning Goats⚡ · 19w
Thanks spooky! Once everything settles back down, and I have all my new backup strategies implemented, I'll begin routing again.
Filou · 24w
If you will it, it is no dream!
Helen Yrmom · 24w
This is the only way I’ll participate in a chant exclaiming BOTTOM! 🤣
Filou · 25w
Thanks! I owe it to great peers 😉