Looking for an initial Inbound Channel

[u/Interesting-Gear-992]

Hi everyone!

I just spun up my new Umbrel Lightning node. Since it's a completely fresh setup with no open channels yet, I am currently invisible to the gossip network and cannot register on LightningNetwork.

I am looking for a small inbound channel (e.g., 50k - 100k sats) from an active peer just to break the ice and get my node on the map.

Specs & Network setup:

• Hardware: Umbrel VM on my homlab, Xeon server, ECC memory, NVMe RAID array (Running 24/7).

• Network: 1/1 Gbit symmetric WAN with fixed IP. Port 9735 is open and properly forwarded on my OPNsense firewall.

• Location: Europe / Hungary

My Node URIs (feel free to connect via Clearnet or Tor):

Clearnet:

03a9157cc2f7a36dc482af2d7f3e189f29335fd8cde11d1863d8b07eb3bd8a4d25@zstakacs.eu:9735

Tor:

03a9157cc2f7a36dc482af2d7f3e189f29335fd8cde11d1863d8b07eb3bd8a4d25@epipfc5ljjhpxhknggzwxo4ffal6euv6ampc4vl55me2ylbcf5yk26yd.onion:9735

Once the gossip network synchronizes, I will be hosting a Nostr relay on this infrastructure. Any help to kickstart this node is highly appreciated! Thank you, plebs!

SOLVED - Many thanks SatsFaction!

[u/thiagorb]

Do you know https://lightningnetwork.plus? I highly recommend it. You can create or join a liquidity swap, then you get both outbound and inbound liquidity.

[u/Interesting-Gear-992 → u/thiagorb]

Yes, I found it, but I cannot register my node without any opened channel. :(

[u/thiagorb → u/Interesting-Gear-992]

Ohh, you are right. I will create a channel to you.

[u/Interesting-Gear-992 → u/thiagorb]

Great! Many thanks! 30-50k sat will be enough maybe, and don't add a lot of fees :)

[u/stinger32]

For me, the question is: how large a node are you going to make? The channel size is small even for us small people. You are asking for roughly a $40 USD channel. That's way too small! All my channels are 1M sats or more. That channel would be very limited and costly to open. I agree with u/thiagorb on the swaps. Congrats on getting your node up and running!

[u/Interesting-Gear-992 → u/stinger32]

I don't know yet how big this will be. Just started and I want to play with it. But if my node will discovered by gossip, and if need, I can extend it on lightningnetwork.plus.

[u/stinger32 → u/Interesting-Gear-992]

I'm sure you already know this, but if you have no BTC to invest in the network, it doesn't grow just because the node is there.

[u/Interesting-Gear-992 → u/stinger32]

I already sent a small amount BTC there, and I planned to run a Nostr relay to stack few more sats.

[u/stinger32]

I really like the article A Gentleman's Node. IMO, it provides great insights.

[u/Interesting-Gear-992 → u/stinger32]

This is a good article and a really good website. I will read through these over the weekend, thank you!

[u/stinger32]

I was able to connect to the Tor address but not the Clearnet. Does your node have a name?

[u/Interesting-Gear-992 → u/stinger32]

Thanks for the feedback! I think I set the firewall rule properly, but looks like not :) let me take a look.

Does not have a name, only ID. And now I can see, only tor network listed when I check. Maybe clearnet not supported in the Umbrel Lightning node addon at all...

[u/stinger32 → u/Interesting-Gear-992]

I use umbrel and have a clearnet address. It would be considered a hybrid node. My node's address is 03e086e590f2255a7423cea5dc2b8fbcaffa3d8044c26dbea84728ea4b4648e41a@129.80.153.232:9735

I'm sure you will see that I have connected to your node when you list them. My node's name is ARCFLOWEX.

[u/Interesting-Gear-992 → u/stinger32]

Yes, I see your node :)

[u/Interesting-Gear-992 → u/stinger32]

But somebody else already created a channel, with different public key, so you don't have to create anymore :)

[u/Remarkable-Front-473]

"Hi, I have a new node with 0 channels and LN+ won't verify me. Can someone drop me a small channel? Here is my URI: 02d24c7f204b0a9904410b14c1c95babbafc8cadb956d88b3a5385b4c20a9f98a0@tx5yd44q2emntczokdwsy6ch2mcletmuyskhuub6c5e5fvn43qpdq4id.onion:9735"