Quote from: LoyceV on November 12, 2020, 05:51:34 PM

Quote from: darosior on November 08, 2020, 02:12:40 PM

Quote from: LoyceV on November 08, 2020, 11:07:32 AM

LN is a bit like a spoke-hub: instead of making a connection from anywhere to anywhere, everyone makes only a few connections.

That's just plain wrong. The Lightning Network is completely distributed at its core.

But..... How far is the current Lightning Network from being completely distributed? I get that it's theoretically possible, just like it's possible to send a letter from A to B without using a centralized distribution center, but I'd expect a few large nodes to handle the majority of transactions because it's much more efficient that way.

Plus only a few large nodes can handle the costs, and handle the opportunity costs by earning them back in fees.

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Quote from: Wind_FURY on November 12, 2020, 04:12:42 PM

https://twitter.com/alexbosworth/status/1318778737228349440

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Today my nodes reached 0.21 BTC (currently $2,500) in routing fee earnings, on 83 (currently $1,000,000) of forwarded BTC.

That's 0.25% fee on average, not bad for small transactions (paying 5 sat to send 2000 sat), but if you're sending a few mBTC, on-chain fees can be lower already.

From what I've seen so far, this is much more likely:

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Realistically I have earned 326 Satoshi over the last two years

Then how did Alex Bosworth reach $2,500 in routing fee earnings?