# [[Lightning]] Node Operating ## Resources ### Plebnet Resources on channel rebalancing and management https://plebnet.wiki/wiki/Main_Page#Getting_Started ## Channel Info Lightning node search: https://1ml.com/ Identifying good peers: https://docs.lightning.engineering/the-lightning-network/routing/identify-good-peers ### My node On [[1ML]]: https://1ml.com/node/0221bbfdac63b132e519832c955883e69a505297ea54a7e4a16fbe1462756f54f4 Pubkey@host: 0221bbfdac63b132e519832c955883e69a505297ea54a7e4a16fbe1462756f54f4@xs324wuslheyoyjfym5lsqv6w2bksvtuackfdpjoq7yncy3qqf3a4oad.onion:9735 ## Channels ### 0.05 BTC to [[Bitrefill]] https://1ml.com/node/030c3f19d742ca294a55c00376b3b355c3c90d61c6b6b39554dbc7ac19b141c14f - [x] Initiated - [x] Confirmed ### 0.05 BTC to [[Wallet of Satoshi]] https://1ml.com/node/035e4ff418fc8b5554c5d9eea66396c227bd429a3251c8cbc711002ba215bfc226 - [x] Top up from [[Ledger]] - [x] Initiated - [x] Confirmed ### Other good nodes - [[ACINQ]]: https://1ml.com/node/03864ef025fde8fb587d989186ce6a4a186895ee44a926bfc370e2c366597a3f8f - [[OpenNode]].com: https://1ml.com/node/03abf6f44c355dec0d5aa155bdbdd6e0c8fefe318eff402de65c6eb2e1be55dc3e - [[Bitfinex]]-[[lnd]]0: https://1ml.com/node/033d8656219478701227199cbd6f670335c8d408a92ae88b962c49d4dc0e83e025 - Probably larger transactions, avoid - [[Bitfinex]]-[[lnd]]1: https://1ml.com/node/03cde60a6323f7122d5178255766e38114b4722ede08f7c9e0c5df9b912cc201d6 - Probably larger transactions, avoid ## Insights with [[LnRouter]] https://lnrouter.app/lookups Opening profitable channels is a skill in itself. Use lookups to vet nodes before you spend onchain fees and wait days on payments. ## [[Alex Bosworth]] has made $28k in routing YTD (as of early Sept) I almost believed routing fee earnings would be zero when I turned on my LN node, despite my feeling they couldn't be. In 2018 from April-Dec I earned ~$15 In 2019 that went up to ~$200 In 2020 it rose to ~$3500 In 2021 so far it's around ~$28500 Every single year going up by 10x https://twitter.com/alexbosworth/status/1435300628012490752?s=19 ### Hints from commenters (may be inaccurate) I think ~$3-4M of routing capacity... https://twitter.com/alph43oss/status/1435309088456413184?s=19 28k 🤯you must have locked up a lot with a lot of good connections https://twitter.com/Daniel4141414/status/1435301565917712393?s=19 Damn…guess I need to test 2500ppm (after opening 1,000 more channels) https://twitter.com/hodlstack/status/1435305843210268681?s=19