Me, watching the mempool fees, knowing jpeg grifters and morons are throwing their sats away for nothing. https://image.nostr.build/282853ae2315f08c8590e61856c712d35527d9d8453ff711faba7eadc5559cd6.gif#m=image%2Fgif&dim=498x373&blurhash=%236A9Qd%3BM0g-%3BOUx%5DgN56bv1HFwI%3AIU%5E6xZr%3FRkj%5BD5%23%2C%7D%40IUAF9uIo%25LnipcE2xu%5E%2BIANaxuWBtRxZ%24*xaS5o2r%3Fofr%3Fw%7BIAt7W%3BD%25tlNaM%7Bx%5DEf%25gIoM%7C-pRPS4t7RQ%24*&x=a7d2ffcbfad76f3cd70959e5dd55396a364a7f594c18fea13cb5b510de3be921

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Honest question #asknostr #plebchain In an environment where onchain transactions are high, what's the point in learning how to run a lightning node? All I see are high costs, and extremely steep learning curve, and non-zero risk to your sats. To be clear I'm not looking for 'passive income' or any such nonsense. But I don't see a reason to embark on this if I can't at least keep overall losses minimal. What am I missing? I don't think 'growing the network' is going to convince a lot of people unless/until the fees go way down.