# Lets reach a top performing node / Selfhelp team **URL:** \ **Category:** Bitcoin and Lightning\ **Created:** [July 17, 2021, 8:49am UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/lets-reach-a-top-performing-node-selfhelp-team/2052 "2021-07-17T08:49:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Flolucious](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.umbrel.com/flolucious/32/4004_2.png) [@Flolucious](https://community.umbrel.com/u/Flolucious)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2021, 8:49am UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/lets-reach-a-top-performing-node-selfhelp-team/2052/1 "2021-07-17T08:49:31Z")
Hello Umbrel Family, at the moment I am in the process of dealing with Lightning more intensively. I would like to form a self-help team that works on improving the Lightning channel performance of your nodes. Through the Lightning terminal I have found some deficits in my node. I would like to fix them with a first remote session with more experienced Lightning users. The goal should be a positive lightning health check. ![Bildschirmfoto 2021-07-17 um 10.44.43](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/getumbrel/original/1X/8620893e7cbe6a35006480602c4e3ef20fb24d0f.jpeg) LN Terminal > **[Top Performing Nodes - Lightning Terminal](https://terminal.lightning.engineering/)** > > For Lightning node operators to gauge their node's performance and get actionable recommendations on ways to improve. My Node: > **[Top Performing Nodes - Lightning Terminal](https://terminal.lightning.engineering/#/0213b8d04ed25fb7c9ad311bc275686aba1addec7095829b326170c093872a6ed2)** > > For Lightning node operators to gauge their node's performance and get actionable recommendations on ways to improve. If you are interested in helping me and helping each other in person (remotely) then write me via Telegram @flolucious or let me know here in the post how to contact you. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Reach](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Reach](https://community.umbrel.com/u/Reach)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2021, 12:07pm UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/lets-reach-a-top-performing-node-selfhelp-team/2052/2 "2021-07-17T12:07:16Z")
Hey, I managed to get [green health check](https://terminal.lightning.engineering/#/02e0af3c70bf42343316513e54683b10c01d906c04a05dfcd9479b90d7beed9129) on terminal without doing anything too special. The guides that LN terminal links to give hints to what you need to do. The important things seem to be: - Staying online. A few times I’ve had to restart my node and then I was put as ‘unstable’ for about a week. - Have a few big (2-3M) channels to a few central nodes [This might help too](http://community.umbrel.com/t/what-makes-a-good-routing-node/1423) ---
**Author:** ![Flolucious](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.umbrel.com/flolucious/32/4004_2.png) [@Flolucious](https://community.umbrel.com/u/Flolucious)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2021, 8:34am UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/lets-reach-a-top-performing-node-selfhelp-team/2052/3 "2021-07-18T08:34:59Z")
Thanks for the feedback! Currently my channels status: ![Bildschirmfoto 2021-07-18 um 10.34.09](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/getumbrel/original/1X/e54d89d494dc894be2374851d5f90abcf0515ebb.jpeg) What about loop in and out? Do i need to balance my channels? ---
**Author:** ![Reach](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Reach](https://community.umbrel.com/u/Reach)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2021, 10:38am UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/lets-reach-a-top-performing-node-selfhelp-team/2052/4 "2021-07-18T10:38:38Z")
I’m not sure how much impact your channels’ balance has. It’s not public info, but on the other hand well connected nodes that are notorious for having no outbound capacity don’t make it up there. It would be something to look into if you don’t pass the “Many healthy channels” check. Otherwise I would just make sure you have inbound and outbound capacity and set fees to hopefully balance channels naturally.