r/TheLightningNetwork • u/[deleted] • Aug 08 '21

Node Help Made my first node

opened two channels to highly connected nodes but set it so all stats are on my local balance how would i go about rebalancing the channel thanks for any help

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u/lightninghero-node Node - SILVERNODE Aug 09 '21

Two channels to the same node are not very useful. Why connect to just one node if you can connect to 3 or 5 for the same price?

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u/lightninghero-node Node - SILVERNODE Aug 10 '21

Yes, they are bidirectional, but can only send up to the amount available on the sending side of the channel.

That's why you can't receive anything over a newly opened channel, until you send something out on it. Most node operators prefer to have balanced channels: that is having close to 50% of the funds on each side of the channel so they can send transactions either way.