⚡Inbound Lightning Channels... For Free!
🔥Did you know you can get inbound channels for free?
If you're building a BTC wallet with Lightning support, or even just using your own wallet, you will quickly come to the point where you want to receive a payment.
... and then realize that you need a channel with "inbound liquidity" to make this happen!
There are quite a few services which will "sell" you an inbound channel. 💰
Let's review some options...
⚙️ Do you have lots of users? You need an LSP API
If you're serving multiple users, and need MANY inbound channels, potentially one or more for each user, and need those channels opened on-demand, in an AUTOMATED fashion... then you will want to use an LSP (Lightning Service Provider) API. ⚡🤖
It won't cost you directly. Your users will pay for their channels.
If that's what you're looking for, try out Megalith's LSPS1 API.
📈 What about merchants who receive constant payments?
Good question. Typically merchants -- or any entity that receives a lot of Lightning payments -- should NOT have to pay for inbound channels. 🏪
🎯 Big users deserve free channels
You see, the big "routing nodes" on the network are actually incentivized to open channels with high-volume merchants. They make money by routing payments. The more payments they can route, the more money they make.
So, you might find that if you stick around for long enough, and make yourself known, one of the "routing nodes" might discover you, and open a channel with you... and not only that, they might constantly monitor that channel and keep it funded with inbound liquidity!
You could wait around to get "discovered."
Or: Take a shortcut. 🚀
🌟 One of the biggest routing nodes offers free channels...
The Megalith Node does not sell channels.
However, you should know: The Megalith Node opens 💸 FREE channels to high-volume merchants and other entities who receive a lot of payments.
Are you a high volume merchant, service, or user?
If so, get in contact with The Megalith Node to get your free inbound channel.
Include the following info:
- your node public key
- monthly payment volume expected (sats per month)
📧 Contact The Megalith Node right now, by email or Telegram... on this page.
