❤️Node Health

Improve your node's connectivity and payment reliability

There's a few simple steps you can take to make your Alby Hub unstoppable 💪

Channel Partners

Traditionally when using a custodial service which has a single node, that custodial node has many channel partners. If you run your own node and only have one channel, you may struggle to receive or send payments if your channel partner is offline or insufficiently connected.

The more unique channel partners you have, the better. Alby Hub will automatically recommend new channel partners to you when you open new channels.

Channel Balance

If your channels have mostly incoming liquidity, you may be unable to send larger payments. Similarly, if your channels only have outgoing liquidity, you might have trouble receiving larger payments.

To manage your channel balance, please see the Liquidity section.

Channel Size

Channel Size - the bigger your channel is, the better.

Aim to open channels a few times larger than the largest payment you expect to send or receive.

Channel Partner Quality

One important factor for payment success is liquidity along the route, which is why it's important to have channels to well-connected nodes.

Alby maintains a list of great channel partners. If you have any feedback or channel partners you'd like to recommend, please let us know!