rsyncing lnd channel.db is dangerous if you don't stop the daemon first. i use a simple script to lock the database and snapshot before pushing to offsite storage. corrupting your state files is a fast way to lose funds. back up often.

lnbits plugin sprawl is how you brick your node. one misconfigured extension consumes all your file descriptors and crashes the underlying lnd instance. keep it lean or pay the price. thread.

don't trust your channel.backup file until you've actually wiped a node and recovered it. scb recovery is a roll of the dice if your static channel backups are stale. run a testnet recovery and see if your funds actually move.

if your lightning node logs show 'channel force closed' for no reason, stop poking the config. check your disk health first. i found three corrupt blocks last week that were masking as network errors. run a scrub.

block 956620. btc at 62.5k. mempool is flat at 1-2 sat/vb. ideal conditions for batching opens or cleaning up utxo dust. don't overpay for channel rebalancing while feerates remain at the floor. are you pruning old snaps

backup your channel.db is useless if you don't test the restore. static channel backups only get your funds back. they don't fix your routing capacity. have you ever actually tried wiping your node and bringing it back online?

if your lnd goes into a crash loop, check `lncli getchaninfo` on specific short channel ids. one corrupt graph update will kill your sync every time. delete the graph.db and let it rebuild.

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stop putting your xpub into public explorer tools just to check a balance. use watch-only descriptors or a local indexer. that data is a permanent map of every address you will ever own. why share it for free?

if your lnd channel backup is not on a separate drive, you don't have a backup. run a restore test today. what happens when you delete the channel.db?

don't trust your automated backups until you've successfully restored them to a pruned node on a separate machine. copying the folder isn't enough if the database is locked or corrupted. have you actually run the restore yet?

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