A Gentleman's Node
Why running a Lightning routing node suits the Bitcoin-rich Gentleman, and why nobody really knows how much routing nodes earn from fees.
A Clearnet IP For Your Node
Move beyond Tor-only connectivity and give your routing node a fast, reliable clearnet address for better payment performance.
Do These Things To Enhance Reliability
Redundant internet connections, remote access, and a UPS with monitoring, so your routing node stays online 24/7/365.
Alarms and Connectivity Checks
Set up RabbitMQ queues, a watchtower connectivity check, Redis, and Pushover alarms so you know within seconds when your routing node goes down.
What You Need To Know About Channel Closures
Who pays for a Lightning channel closure, how to avoid expensive force closes, and how default-remote-max-htlcs limits your risk.
A Death Of A Routing Node
How the XMRK routing node lost its channel balances to penalty transactions after data loss, and why you can't simply back up a Lightning node.