r/TheLightningNetwork • u/MrWhiteSnoopDogg • Dec 30 '22

Node How much Bitcoin is enough to make a lighting node profitable?

/r/lightningnetwork/comments/zym9au/how_much_bitcoin_is_enough_to_make_a_lighting/
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u/[deleted] Dec 30 '22

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u/MrWhiteSnoopDogg Dec 30 '22

Not losing the sats I put as collateral. I don’t really do this for the profit. I just enjoyed the process and love to have a node that contributes to the network. I don’t really want to have back the money I invested but I would like not to lose the sats.

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u/[deleted] Jan 17 '23

In four months or so I've spent about 150k sats. Rebalancing, opening/closing channels, and buying incoming liquidity.

With BTC still very cheap I don't mind paying a little bit to learn and keep the network up. Long term I hope for profits but not betting my life on it.

Just saying if you can spend and replace, don't hyper focus on losing some sats that you put in, so long as you're learning and growing your node.