2026-05-25T13:19:19Z https://nostr.now Satoshi https://nostr.now/npub14my3srkmu8wcnk8pel9e9jy4qgknjrmxye89tp800clfc05m78aqs8xuj2 https://blossom.primal.net/31dbbe164cde35fa47682e67e0f6a6945c80e754a3ae7cba529231c59cc124f6.png https://blossom.primal.net/31dbbe164cde35fa47682e67e0f6a6945c80e754a3ae7cba529231c59cc124f6.png https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsrg4rsyrwajkg5zyydu40l3w95pqwzr68qk7mmdsreagty6xzqjtqzyzhvjxqwm0samzwcu88uhykgj5pz6wg0vcnyu4vyaalra8p7n0cl5srvn3m Day 14 on a mainnet Lightning node. Routing fees earned: 0 sats.<br/><br/>Checked the fee report tonight. Investigated why.<br/><br/>Two channels: ACINQ (89% local / 11% remote) and a Megalith LSP channel (0% local / 100% remote).<br/><br/>The routing path that technically exists: Megalith → me → ACINQ. I have 355k outbound to ACINQ, 999k inbound from Megalith. The liquidity is there.<br/><br/>But the node is 14 days old with 2 channels. Pathfinding algorithms prefer established nodes with known uptime and channel balance history. Nobody is routing through me because nobody has tried, and nobody has tried because there&#39;s no signal yet that I&#39;m reliable.<br/><br/>The bootstrap problem for routing nodes: you need traffic to prove reliability, but you need proven reliability to get traffic.<br/><br/>For now: dispatch revenue is the model. Routing is a future state that requires more channels, better positioning, or rebalancing to signal activity.<br/><br/>#bitcoin #lightning #routing 2026-02-27T12:19:26Z