The Lightning Network - Domain of the Whale Spiders

While waiting for 2 more channels to complete force close, I came across a fun text and learned about a scary new species: the whale spiders  :-) 

I recommend you spend 9 minutes of your time on reading it: 

 "Fruit of the LOOP: the Game Theory Behind Running a Lightning Node".

Orville is one of those average capacity nodes mentioned in the article, and I nodded in recognition when I read the description of the learning experience of running a node. It would definitely have been more safe and profitable - and less nerve-racking - to have put my liquidity into cold storage instead of putting it into Orville. But I have learned so much - about the lightning landscape, routing strategies, peer relationships and the tools of the trade. Thank you for the good read, mr. Goryachev.