Funding channels In Lightning Network I was attempting to learn more about LN and came across the post below.

https://medium.com/tokensoft/tokensoft-lightning-node-how-to-connect-for-free-62b9aaec18b8

I also made a picture of my interpretation of the instructions.



In it, the suggestion is made that Nodes 1, 2 and3 connect to the his own (main) Lighning Node.

The purpose of this exercise is for Nodes 1, 2, and 3 to "gain access to the Lightning Network" altogether.

I was wondering if this would not be an exercise of futility (since the channels are funded with such small amounts).

TIA
Channel balances on the Lightning Network are denominated in millisatoshis. $5 correspond today to roughly 0.001 BTC or 100,000 satoshis, so even a channel funded with only $5 could facilitate a number of small payments back and forth.