Lightning is permissionless, anyone can run a node. The reason that you have two channels is so that transactions can be routed through you. You can think of th

Lightning is permissionless, anyone can run a node. The reason that you have two channels is so that transactions can be routed through you. You can think of the lightning network like the tor network for payments. Lightning is also not meant to replace all bitcoin payments, for now channels are limited to something like .1 btc to promote decentralization.