mynodebtc.com [myNode] asked almost 2 years ago
remote force close
Remote node 0210e594436146bfb0b6 did a force close on channel id 826825047557341184.
I have lost most of what was in the channel (500k sats) it does not show as pending close even though the close was only initiated on 21 december 2022.
I was given no time to cooperate. As this node has now closed all its channels and appears inactive after only 4 months I suspect it was setup for a fraud.
Looking in the block explorer my funds appear to have moved to the wallet bc1qzff34flteh7yh36q2l…d99f3sxw65vfdkq7dhhzz
Any way for me to get the funds back? If not I will have to close my node as I was not expecting this kind of loss.
This happened before on another channel but with a much smaller loss and the relevant node is still active so I have hopes to get the money back.
I have lost most of what was in the channel (500k sats) it does not show as pending close even though the close was only initiated on 21 december 2022.
I was given no time to cooperate. As this node has now closed all its channels and appears inactive after only 4 months I suspect it was setup for a fraud.
Looking in the block explorer my funds appear to have moved to the wallet bc1qzff34flteh7yh36q2l…d99f3sxw65vfdkq7dhhzz
Any way for me to get the funds back? If not I will have to close my node as I was not expecting this kind of loss.
This happened before on another channel but with a much smaller loss and the relevant node is still active so I have hopes to get the money back.
4 Comments
AlphaNode ⚡️ wrote almost 2 years ago
Hey,
First thing first, you do not lose any of your sats. Sats were moved to another lightning channel or to an on-chain wallet.
First thing first, you do not lose any of your sats. Sats were moved to another lightning channel or to an on-chain wallet.
Where one party closes the channel without the consent of their counterpart, these closures generally occur when one of the channel parties is unreachable. For a force close to taking place, one user broadcasts the most recent channel state known to them.
Once a force close is confirmed onto the blockchain, the user that initiated the force close will have their balance locked for a set amount of time. This enables their counterparty to see the channel close and come back online to confirm the channel state.
If this does not happen, the party that closed the channel’s on-chain funds will become spendable after the lock time (usually 2016 blocks or two weeks) has ended.
mynodebtc.com [myNode] wrote almost 2 years ago
Thanks for answering, but I'm not quite clear what will happen, the other party initiated the close,
so I would normally expect to see the channel pending close, waiting for confirm. The channel has now disappeared
so I cant confirm the close. The remote balances look to have been refunded but the much larger local balance has not.
Are you saying they will be refunded after another 2 weeks?
so I would normally expect to see the channel pending close, waiting for confirm. The channel has now disappeared
so I cant confirm the close. The remote balances look to have been refunded but the much larger local balance has not.
Are you saying they will be refunded after another 2 weeks?
AlphaNode ⚡️ wrote almost 2 years ago
Yes, that is how I understand that. However, I do not have an experience with a channel force close.
Let me know how this issue will be resolved.
By the way, do you have any UTXOs or HTLCs?
Let me know how this issue will be resolved.
By the way, do you have any UTXOs or HTLCs?
AlphaNode ⚡️ wrote almost 2 years ago
I found an interesting video on youtube. Check this out because channel force close is described.
link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cRCkhqvUYc
link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cRCkhqvUYc
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