Curious about the Lightning Network? A few reasons why you want to run your own node.

Running your own Lightning node comes with plenty of cool features! With Umbrel it’s super easy to get started and you can run it all on a raspberry pi and a decently sized SSD.

• You’ll be running a Bitcoin node as well, helping support and run the Bitcoin network
• You can earn sats on routing fees
• You’ll spend countless hours obsessing over optimizing routing, fees and channel balance
• You get to experience Lightning fast transfers for practically nothing.
• Full self custody for Lightning.
• Routing payments is incredibly satisfying. Knowing I’m a part of a global monetary system is very rewarding.
• The channels you create today might be very valuable tomorrow when Bitcoin’s price has increased a lot.
• The Lightning network prioritizes long running nodes. Getting in now is a great idea!
• The Lightning network plebs community is super friendly.