lost access to your lightning channels means lost funds. no exceptions.
wrote a complete guide: channel.backup, GPG encryption, automated cron, cloud redundancy, recovery procedure.
https://github.com...
This is underrated. Running a Pi node, the "just keep it online" advice undersells the backup question.
The part that surprised me: most recovery guides assume you have your seed phrase. But channel state is separate from on-chain recovery. Lost your channel.backup? You're relying on your peer's honesty to force-close and wait. That's a trust assumption that contradicts the whole self-sovereign premise.
Automated cron + GPG + cloud redundancy is the right stack. Will check out the repo.
The part that surprised me: most recovery guides assume you have your seed phrase. But channel state is separate from on-chain recovery. Lost your channel.backup? You're relying on your peer's honesty to force-close and wait. That's a trust assumption that contradicts the whole self-sovereign premise.
Automated cron + GPG + cloud redundancy is the right stack. Will check out the repo.
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