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How to avoid a force closure of a channel in the future
On May 14th our channel with LNBIG-42 was force closed and has only returned to the wallet minus some fees a few days ago.
https://mempool.space/tx/...
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How do I set the our_to_self_delay parameter?
In Core-Lightning, the default value for our_to_self_delay is set to 600. How do I change this value?
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How do I prevent lnd from participating in new channels?
I have a lnd node that I would like to to cycle down completely. I would like to close all its channels and prevent that the node participates in any new channels while I'm waiting for the force-...
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Distinguishing Lightning channels on-chain
Is there a way to tell (probabilistically, maybe) by looking at an on-chain transaction that it is related to Lightning (is [likely to be] a channel opening or closure)?
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How is the recipient address for closing a Lightning Channel derived?
I've recently opened a payment channel in the Bitcoin testnet LN.
The funding TX ded9fc8b1ee5506037e057a37057a598c362c4b698a40076e75ea88e2ae8a2a2 decoded:
{
"txid": "...
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How do Lightning channels interact with the blockchain?
Does opening a channel mean that a 2-to-2 multisig address (3xxxx) is created? And then both parties put money into the address? What if someone pays money to the address on main chain while the ...
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How does the Lightning network work in simple terms?
Could you please describe how the Lightning network is supposed to work?
How does it scale better than pure blockchain transactions?
What are the advantages and disadvantages of Lightning Network ...
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