024be11fb0f6f79c2abf asked 8 months ago

Swap 17616 - I can't make sense of what has happened

On this triangle trade, I was node B. I opened to C, and C opened to A, but the A to B channel opened sat in the mempool for a week, as the bid was low. Surprisingly, the A to B channel opened cleared the mempool, but balances were out of whack. My unrelated first channel (ln.nicehash.com) immediately showed a 50/50 balance. The A B channel shows 238,865 outbound/ 7,664 inbound. The B C Channel shows 246,653 outbound / and 0 inbound.

Neither A or C node operator have responded to my comments / questions, so I'm not sure what to do...

4 Comments

LN+ Admin wrote 8 months ago

It's normal that funds move on channels. Our nodes do routing for other nodes. This is unrelated to swaps or the A->B channel being opened at a later point. Hope this makes sense!

024be11fb0f6f79c2abf wrote 8 months ago

Thanks for your reply!
What can I do better next time, to be sure I get the desired effect of new channels being balanced?

LN+ Admin wrote 8 months ago

If the channels move sats organically you don't need to worry about balancing. They don't need to be balanced to be profitable. The ideal situation is when the channel balance moves back and force naturally without you needing to rebalance actively.

024be11fb0f6f79c2abf wrote 8 months ago

Lesson taken to heart, thanks so much!

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