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PSA: If you ever had channels with LNBIG in the early days (2018-2021), read this! If you think you still have sats in such channels that you couldn't recover (e.g. your node broke down, no channel backup), there now might be a way. You only require your seed. Try running `chantools sweepremoteclosed` on the latest version (v0.13.6):

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Release v0.13.6 · lightninglabs/chantools

Verifying the Release In order to verify the release, you'll need to have gpg or gpg2 installed on your system. Once you've obtained a copy (and ho...

There are over 2.5k channels and over 10 BTC unspent! Big thanks to LNBIG for providing the data necessary and MrDonty for the idea/initiative. Please RT for visibility! More info on how to run the command: 📃.md

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sedited 10 months ago

Thanks! I might actually have something there.

npub1lqz2...3ak9 10 months ago

Trying to update my raspiblitz to see if i can recover some other zombie channels with random nodes not having much luck so far 😞 Thanks for all you do!

Jack K 🛡️ 10 months ago

I definitely have lost coins from my blixt wallet connection to my own node 😑 Are there any guides on how to use chantools? I’ve just been waiting for a wallet to implement this. I have very little command line experience.

npub1lxkt...5xlc 10 months ago

↩ replying to Jack K

I think you will have to use this method 📃.md

Jack K 🛡️ 10 months ago

↩ replying to npub1lxkt...5xlc

I managed to force close the channel from my node, but I could never get the Blixt wallet back online and the funds are stuck in a timelock address. No clue how to sweep.

npub1lxkt...5xlc 10 months ago

↩ replying to Jack K

if the channels are already closed, you just have to restore the seed into blixt and the sweep will be started

Blixt Wallet

Jack K 🛡️ 10 months ago

↩ replying to npub1lxkt...5xlc

Ok thanks I will try again. This was about a year ago and I was unable to even seen the funds before. Is this a newer feature?

npub1lxkt...5xlc 10 months ago

↩ replying to Jack K

If you have only funds in onchain wallet without any channels open / pending to close, then you can use this procedure to import the wallet into Sparrow

Blixt Wallet

npub1lxkt...5xlc 10 months ago

↩ replying to Jack K

Here I just wrote another quick guide with "tips and tricks" about Blixt. I hope will be helpful for you.

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Blixt Wallet - Tips and tricks \ stacker news ~bitcoin_beginners

NOTE This is not a full guide for Blixt Wallet! It is just an additional "tips & tricks" for those that were starting with Blixt and are stuck, don...

Jack K 🛡️ 10 months ago

↩ replying to npub1lxkt...5xlc

It seems I get stuck at 100% sync but is never fully finishes. These are funds that haven’t been swept because of a force close.

npub1lxkt...5xlc 10 months ago

↩ replying to Jack K

check the lnd logs. Will always tell you what is going on

Jack K 🛡️ 10 months ago

↩ replying to npub1lxkt...5xlc

Is there any sensitive data in the logs? I don’t see it throwing anything major, but I have quite limited knowledge. When I try to rescan wallet it just says blixt needs to restart, even if I totally close the app on my phone

npub1lxkt...5xlc 10 months ago

↩ replying to Jack K

not really, just look for errors about syncing blocks and rescan addresses

The Daniel 🖖 🛡️ 10 months ago

Wow!