Yeah this sounds like a lightning node issue. Did you not have an existing lightning wallet?
Just FYI receiving small transactions to a new node with no channels is an expensive proposition. Your service provider probably has a minimum channel size and you are being charged for extra inbound liquidity.
Best practice is to fund a new lightning wallet with a large on-chain transaction. Then spend your balance down naturally or swap it out with a submarine swap. That way you have a large channel balance ready ahead of time with inbound liquidity. This lets you avoid paying high time preference fees.
Worst practice is to start with a small channel and have to increase the size of your channel each time you receive a payment. It sounds like you might be doing the latter. You might as well use Muun b/c you are transacting on chain for each LN payment. 😬
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npub16v…umhgd
2025-01-25 16:43:19
in reply to nevent1q…5nrq
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npub16vzjeglr653mrmyqvu0trwaq29az753wr9th3hyrm5p63kz2zu8qzumhgdPublished at
2025-01-25 16:43:19Event JSON
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