Gotcha, thanks for the help. So I can open an incoming channel with 1m sats regardless of what is in my Alby account if I choose to use that? If I want an outbound channel I need to set that up manually and ideally have it at 250k minimum? Just want to double check, first time trying to run a lightning node!

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If you want outbound capacity you need to put some money in. So you can also just send a few sats in through that first channel you get. You don't need to specifically open a new channel. You start, Alby Hub by default helps you to open a channel to receive. Then you can receive payments of any amount and that you then can spend.