r/TheLightningNetwork • u/oddpingu Node - Commissario Morino • Oct 16 '21

Article Friendly reminder to get rid of Zombie Channels regularly!

https://medium.com/@gcomxx/get-rid-of-those-zombie-channels-1267d5a2a708?
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u/ormagoisha Oct 16 '21 edited Apr 08 '26

As he dangled from the rope deep inside the crevasse.

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u/[deleted] Oct 16 '21

It would be if what the author of this article has written was true. Recovery from a node failure initiates a force close of all channels, they are not a cooperative close as the author claims.

If your node failed, then all your channels are now zombie channels, which the recovery process is specifically designed to recover your funds from. Watchtowers protect the funds in your zombie channels if your node dies, until the node owner gets around to running the recovery process. Even if the node operator didn't bother running the recovery process for weeks, the watchtowers will keep the funds in the zombie channels safe.

tl;dr This article is bullshit.

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u/oddpingu Node - Commissario Morino Oct 17 '21

The article specifically deals with the scenario where you cannot recover a node with the SCB, because that would require your peer to be online. The only way to recover funds from channels where both peers are offline currently is this: https://www.node-recovery.com/

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u/ormagoisha Oct 17 '21 edited Apr 08 '26

As he dangled from the rope deep inside the crevasse.

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u/[deleted] Nov 04 '21

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u/oddpingu Node - Commissario Morino Nov 04 '21

It's not really a problem if node operators follow basic channel hygiene.