21 sats \ 3 replies \ @siggy47 29 Apr 2023 \ on: Relevance of Balancing Channels bitcoin
Routing on the lightning network relies on having payment channels with available liquidity in both directions, so your node may not be able to route payments. Another thing: you stand to lose funds if all your liquidity is on the other side and a channel is closed, assuming you're dealing with a bad actor.
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0 sats \ 2 replies \ @2bithits OP 30 Apr 2023
If all liquidity is on the other side there must have been an equal amount if sats received in another channel right? So if the "bad actor" closed the channel I don't see how I could lose funds.
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31 sats \ 1 reply \ @siggy47 30 Apr 2023
By broadcasting an old channel state. Using a watchtower can prevent this from happening
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @2bithits OP 30 Apr 2023
Ok, great. I thought you might have been talking about something else
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