Liquidity
Liquidity is a major signal because route capacity affects whether payments can complete.
Lightning routing algorithm
A Lightning routing algorithm should optimize for reliability, not just cost.
Lightning routing is about choosing a path that has the best chance of completing a payment. Fees matter, but route reliability, liquidity, connectivity, and stability often matter more when teams need dependable payment execution.
What it evaluates
What should a Lightning routing algorithm consider?
A useful Lightning routing algorithm should look beyond the cheapest path. It should evaluate whether the route has enough liquidity, whether the candidate nodes are well connected, whether recent recommendations have been stable, and whether confidence is improving or declining.
Optaimaze uses route scoring and historical snapshots to move toward a reliability-first routing intelligence layer.
Liquidity signals help indicate whether a route can support payment flow.
Connectivity signals help evaluate the strength of candidate nodes.
Historical snapshots show whether route recommendations are stable or changing.
Reliability-first routing
Optaimaze scores route candidates using multiple signals.
The current Optaimaze routing engine evaluates live Lightning Network ranking data and creates a recommendation with alternates, confidence, and historical context.
Connectivity
Well-connected nodes can be stronger candidates for routing reliability.
Age and stability
Stability signals help prevent weak or sparse data from dominating the model.
Confidence
Confidence helps turn a raw score into a more practical routing recommendation.
From algorithm to insight
The algorithm becomes more valuable when paired with history.
A live routing recommendation is useful, but historical context makes it stronger. Optaimaze records route snapshots over time, then surfaces winner changes, volatility, stability score, confidence trend, and leadership distribution in the live insights dashboard.
See the leading route recommendation
Optaimaze identifies the current leading candidate and alternates from live Lightning Network signals.
Understand route movement
Snapshots reveal whether leadership is consistent or whether the strongest candidate keeps changing.
Translate scores into confidence
The dashboard makes routing behavior readable through stability, risk, volatility, and confidence signals.
Live routing intelligence
Open Insights
See the current routing recommendation and stability score.
View current route status, confidence, volatility, winner changes, and leadership distribution.