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## chantools forceclose
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Force-close the last state that is in the channel.db provided
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2020-12-27 00:40:51 +00:00
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### Synopsis
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If you are certain that a node is offline for good (AFTER
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you've tried SCB!) and a channel is still open, you can use this method to
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force-close your latest state that you have in your channel.db.
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**!!! WARNING !!! DANGER !!! WARNING !!!**
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If you do this and the state that you publish is *not* the latest state, then
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the remote node *could* punish you by taking the whole channel amount *if* they
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come online before you can sweep the funds from the time locked (144 - 2000
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blocks) transaction *or* they have a watch tower looking out for them.
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**This should absolutely be the last resort and you have been warned!**
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2020-12-27 00:10:02 +00:00
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```
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chantools forceclose [flags]
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```
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2020-12-27 00:40:51 +00:00
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### Examples
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```
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chantools forceclose \
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--fromsummary results/summary-xxxx-yyyy.json
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--channeldb ~/.lnd/data/graph/mainnet/channel.db \
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--publish
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```
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2020-12-27 00:10:02 +00:00
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### Options
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```
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--apiurl string API URL to use (must be esplora compatible) (default "https://blockstream.info/api")
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--bip39 read a classic BIP39 seed and passphrase from the terminal instead of asking for lnd seed format or providing the --rootkey flag
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--channeldb string lnd channel.db file to use for force-closing channels
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--fromchanneldb string channel input is in the format of an lnd channel.db file
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--fromsummary string channel input is in the format of chantool's channel summary; specify '-' to read from stdin
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-h, --help help for forceclose
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--listchannels string channel input is in the format of lncli's listchannels format; specify '-' to read from stdin
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--pendingchannels string channel input is in the format of lncli's pendingchannels format; specify '-' to read from stdin
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--publish publish force-closing TX to the chain API instead of just printing the TX
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--rootkey string BIP32 HD root key of the wallet to use for decrypting the backup; leave empty to prompt for lnd 24 word aezeed
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```
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### Options inherited from parent commands
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```
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-r, --regtest Indicates if regtest parameters should be used
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-t, --testnet Indicates if testnet parameters should be used
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```
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### SEE ALSO
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* [chantools](chantools.md) - Chantools helps recover funds from lightning channels
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