A BIG thank you to LNBig!

During this high(ish) mempool fee environment I have experienced a few big nodes closing channels - even channels I’d consider relatively well routing. Those peers were, off course, in their good right to do so, but especially during high fee times, when a peer initiated closing of a channel opened by my node will typically cost me more than the fees I earned on routing via that channel, I do appreciate knowing why channels are closed. Was there anything I could have done better? Is my ex-peer open to having a channel at a later time?

Recently LNBig closed a couple of their channels to Orville. I was sad to see those channels go, because LNBig’s nodes had been good reliable sinks to me. I then learned that the “old” nodes were closed to allow for reorganising and consolidating nodes.

A few days later I got a pleasant surprise: 2 new channels had been opened to Orville by LNBig. They are…big, but THANK YOU LNBig for opening those channels! I will do my best to move at least some of the liquidity to my side. It warms my pleb heart when the bigger players recognise us little ones <3