Finally I crack the code and join the nodes that route. Last 7 days: Payments routed: 5865 Value: 576M I had to add more liquidity but it's paying off, specially for a new node. From now on is just small changes to optimize. #noderunner

The new strategy paid off, new energy to manage the node. Last 7 days: Payments routed: 2710 Value: 177M

New week and the node need some changes, the first dopamine shoot is over and now the reality hit hard. You need capital, a lot to be a router node, it's the key to put your node in the map. I close some channels and focus in bigger ones, changing the strategy to full embrace the valve method to better flow. The main idea, less failed payments. Still in the green but the closures hit the profits. Last 7 days: Payments routed: 1444 Value: 10M Keep routing.

Second week with the experiment, the flow of sats is normal now and lower, once the natural balance put your node in the map you feel that more capital is needed. Payments routed: 1373 Value routed: 73M sats #noderunner

Well, almost a week in with this experiment: ✅ Bitcoin node ✅ LND ✅ Clearnet ✅ Bitaxe ✅ Datum gateway ✅ Nostr profile ✅ Talk with noderunners ✅ Try to touch ☀ and burn When you are an small node, if you try to open channel with bigger nodes, they will close the channel in just a couple of days, it's normal and it's ok. About the routing part, the timeframe is too small and the first months isn't the norm soo: Payments routed: 795 Value routed: 37M sats Not bad. #noderunner

Just finished the first batch, 21 channels open 😏, let's see how the first week goes #noderunner

GM! Seems that someone is looking for liquidity in the lightning network, the price fluctuation with fiats I think is the main reason. Loop is in open/close mode 😁

First days of node operation, 10 channels, some movements, it's nice to see the sats flow. #noderunner

Hi nostr! A new node operator was born.