superkruger on Nostr: So many people whining about #lightning. "It's unreliable" "It's difficult" "Channel ...
So many people whining about #lightning.
"It's unreliable"
"It's difficult"
"Channel force closures are a pain"
etc.
Yes, it's a pain to run a lightning node, especially a routing node.
It takes time, effort and money, and has a negative ROI.
But freedom isn't free. Someone has to make sacrifices for the freedom enjoyed by others.
And at the moment, routing node operators are taking that hit.
It's because we believe in the privacy and freedom that lightning provides that we invest our energy into something that doesn't return any profit.
Only companies like #Zeus are currently able to make a profit from lightning, and that's because they have a business model that adds additional value for users.
But even they can't operate without the thousands of other routing nodes making a loss.
Perhaps someday this will change, but honestly I don't care.
IMHO lightning is still the best payment network out there.
It's completely decentralized, private, scalable and fast.
The small investment it requires to keep it running is worth it, as the alternatives are all centralized and less private.
"It's unreliable"
"It's difficult"
"Channel force closures are a pain"
etc.
Yes, it's a pain to run a lightning node, especially a routing node.
It takes time, effort and money, and has a negative ROI.
But freedom isn't free. Someone has to make sacrifices for the freedom enjoyed by others.
And at the moment, routing node operators are taking that hit.
It's because we believe in the privacy and freedom that lightning provides that we invest our energy into something that doesn't return any profit.
Only companies like #Zeus are currently able to make a profit from lightning, and that's because they have a business model that adds additional value for users.
But even they can't operate without the thousands of other routing nodes making a loss.
Perhaps someday this will change, but honestly I don't care.
IMHO lightning is still the best payment network out there.
It's completely decentralized, private, scalable and fast.
The small investment it requires to keep it running is worth it, as the alternatives are all centralized and less private.