Revisiting this thread since it stuck in my mind. Does just making a node available to the network give you volume, or do you have to specifically tie into a known active transaction network or promote somehow for volume? Feel free to save typing and link me to where you’ve answered such basic questions before if you like. I’ve never explored the moving parts of lightening other than as a user, so you sparked my curiosity into something new to me.
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Making the node available and opening channels you will certainly get some traffic and routing.
But that alone is not enough for it to be sustainable / profitable.
Lightning at the base from a noderunner’s perspective is a liquidity marketplace. Buy low, put that liquidity where it is needed, and sell high. It’s a bit of an art and learning curve to do this effectively. And a constantly moving target as well, since liquidity, volume, etc on the network as a whole are constantly shifting.
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