sphinx-relay VS charge-lnd

Sphinx Relay (by dimaatmelodromru & Evanfeenstra) (NOT MiniBolt tested❌)

Sphinx Relay v2.2.6 - Release page msg channels (parent_id); transport token security (encrypted auth token)

Specter Desktop v1.8.1 - Release page - Upgrade guide

Sphinx Relay v2.2.1 (Sep 16th, previous release was v2.2.0 on Jul 28th): Release page - Upgrade guide

Release page: https://github.com/stakwork/sphinx-relay/releases/tag/v2.2.0

These are the docs I used to open a channel with Sphinx earlier today - my first time trying as well. I would suggest giving it a shot: https://github.com/stakwork/sphinx-relay/wiki/Open-a-channel-with-Thunderhub

and then follow the instructions from https://github.com/accumulator/charge-lnd/blob/master/INSTALL.md

I use charge-lnd to automatically rebalance by channels via fees. My charge.config is heavily inspired (stolen) by this article.

I use charge-lnd to adjust fees proportionally to the channel state encouraging outflow if most the sats are on my side, and discouraging further outflow if most sats are already on the peer side.

charge-lnd v0.2.13 (Released: 23th November 2022) - https://github.com/accumulator/charge-lnd/releases

for LND, https://github.com/accumulator/charge-lnd can be configured to do this.

Charge-lnd v0.2.11 - Release page- Upgrade guide add sum_peer_chans to proportional strategy to consider multiple channels to the same peer; docker: proper fallback for tls cert when TLS_CERT_PATH is empty string; allow using variables in config files; improve robustness w.r.t commas and whitespace in chan/node list files

charge-lnd v0.2.9 - Release page - Upgrade guide don't match channels on activity_period criteria if the channel is younger than the activity_period; add command parameters --tlscert and --macaroon; support SSL for electrum servers; fix error in fallback when a strategy returns an error

I made a bit more than OP on fees using my node, since I discovered charge-lnd to automate fees, see https://github.com/accumulator/charge-lnd and also do your research and open good channels to good routing nodes :)