From rusty at rustcorp.com.au Sat Dec 16 18:55:01 2017 From: rusty at rustcorp.com.au (Rusty Russell) Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2017 05:25:01 +1030 Subject: [Lightning-dev] Lightning-dev Digest, Vol 28, Issue 9 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <87fu8a4i62.fsf@rustcorp.com.au> Stan Kladko writes: >> If you have a reason to open a channel to an arbitrary node, then other nodes have a reason to open a channel to an arbitrary node, which might be you. Even if the network grows large, that > also means there are more participants who might decide, via whatever heuristic, to channel to your node. > > If I am connected to some nodes, but no one connected to me, then all > of my deposit is used by me only, and is not used by other nodes. > If I am routing nodes through my node, then it can potentially > negatively affect availability of my deposit for my own transactions. > So it seems to me that the best strategy is to connect but accept no > incoming connections. > > How much real is this problem? I don't think it is. If you have two channels, then people routing through you doesn't effect your total capacity, it just shifts them between the channels. Hope that helps, Rusty.