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Re: [Guide] FULL NODE OpenSUSE 15.3: bitcoind + electrs + c-lightning + RTL
by
n0nce
on 09/02/2023, 18:32:52 UTC

In the beginning especially, it is a bit of trial and error and you'll figure out which channels are never used (close them), which routes are often long & expensive (open direct / closer channels to the destination) and such.
There are also quite a few guides online, such as here.
I just want to start off trying to route transactions i dont have a specific goal in mind to utilize it myself i dont know enough people into bitcoin they all seen me lose my ass. Thanks for all that guides you put up blockchain has a lot of moving parts and the information is a little hard to sift through.
If you want to set up a node mainly for routing, have a look around for 'Lightning Routing Node' guides, such as this one. I only skimmed it, but the advice there seems reasonable.

I don't think we have a guide for configuring a dedicated routing node here on Bitcointalk, probably because nobody here is running such a node and can make a well-informed guide about that. Do feel free to create one yourself, after gathering some experience with your own routing node!