Still kindof a nub myself, but I'll give it a try:
It always depends on what you're trying to achieve.
If you just want to hold your keys and need a channel only to zap and be zapped, small channels are ok, maybe even make them private, so you're the only one using them.
(Lightning-)Fees don't really matter on private channels, I'd do a small zero-fee channel with you if you need one, just gimme a hint.
If you want to route other peoples Tx, bigger is always better, in terms of network-liquidity and fee-settings.
example szenario:
you open a channel for 99sats and assume you might be able to close it for another 200sats.
You'd set the fee of a 1M channel to 300ppm, so if the channel just gets drained, you don't lose money.
For a 10M channel your low-risk-fee-limit would only be 30ppm though, which means cheaper Tx (and better liquidity) for everyone.
And for the sooner rather than later question, that's just a matter of the mempool/on-chain-fees really. Everytime the fees are low is a good time to open (or close) channels, no matter the size, now or someday.
lassdas
npub1gm…094ea
2025-04-03 22:35:51
in reply to nevent1q…45ue
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"content": "Still kindof a nub myself, but I'll give it a try:\n\nIt always depends on what you're trying to achieve.\n\nIf you just want to hold your keys and need a channel only to zap and be zapped, small channels are ok, maybe even make them private, so you're the only one using them.\n(Lightning-)Fees don't really matter on private channels, I'd do a small zero-fee channel with you if you need one, just gimme a hint.\n\nIf you want to route other peoples Tx, bigger is always better, in terms of network-liquidity and fee-settings.\n\nexample szenario:\nyou open a channel for 99sats and assume you might be able to close it for another 200sats.\nYou'd set the fee of a 1M channel to 300ppm, so if the channel just gets drained, you don't lose money.\nFor a 10M channel your low-risk-fee-limit would only be 30ppm though, which means cheaper Tx (and better liquidity) for everyone.\n\nAnd for the sooner rather than later question, that's just a matter of the mempool/on-chain-fees really. Everytime the fees are low is a good time to open (or close) channels, no matter the size, now or someday.",
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