diff --git a/chanacceptor/chainedacceptor.go b/chanacceptor/chainedacceptor.go
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+package chanacceptor
+
+import (
+	"sync"
+	"sync/atomic"
+)
+
+// ChainedAcceptor represents a conjunction of ChannelAcceptor results.
+type ChainedAcceptor struct {
+	// acceptors is a map of ChannelAcceptors that will be evaluated when
+	// the ChainedAcceptor's Accept method is called.
+	acceptors    map[uint64]ChannelAcceptor
+	acceptorsMtx sync.RWMutex
+
+	acceptorID uint64 // To be used atomically.
+}
+
+// NewChainedAcceptor initializes a ChainedAcceptor.
+func NewChainedAcceptor() *ChainedAcceptor {
+	return &ChainedAcceptor{
+		acceptors: make(map[uint64]ChannelAcceptor),
+	}
+}
+
+// AddAcceptor adds a ChannelAcceptor to this ChainedAcceptor.
+func (c *ChainedAcceptor) AddAcceptor(acceptor ChannelAcceptor) uint64 {
+	id := atomic.AddUint64(&c.acceptorID, 1)
+
+	c.acceptorsMtx.Lock()
+	c.acceptors[id] = acceptor
+	c.acceptorsMtx.Unlock()
+
+	// Return the id so that a caller can call RemoveAcceptor.
+	return id
+}
+
+// RemoveAcceptor removes a ChannelAcceptor from this ChainedAcceptor given
+// an ID.
+func (c *ChainedAcceptor) RemoveAcceptor(id uint64) {
+	c.acceptorsMtx.Lock()
+	delete(c.acceptors, id)
+	c.acceptorsMtx.Unlock()
+}
+
+// Accept evaluates the results of all ChannelAcceptors in the acceptors map
+// and returns the conjunction of all these predicates.
+//
+// NOTE: Part of the ChannelAcceptor interface.
+func (c *ChainedAcceptor) Accept(req *ChannelAcceptRequest) bool {
+	result := true
+
+	c.acceptorsMtx.RLock()
+	for _, acceptor := range c.acceptors {
+		// We call Accept first in case any acceptor (perhaps an RPCAcceptor)
+		// wishes to be notified about ChannelAcceptRequest.
+		result = acceptor.Accept(req) && result
+	}
+	c.acceptorsMtx.RUnlock()
+
+	return result
+}
+
+// A compile-time constraint to ensure ChainedAcceptor implements the
+// ChannelAcceptor interface.
+var _ ChannelAcceptor = (*ChainedAcceptor)(nil)
diff --git a/chanacceptor/interface.go b/chanacceptor/interface.go
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+package chanacceptor
+
+import (
+	"github.com/btcsuite/btcd/btcec"
+	"github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/lnwire"
+)
+
+// ChannelAcceptRequest is a struct containing the requesting node's public key
+// along with the lnwire.OpenChannel message that they sent when requesting an
+// inbound channel. This information is provided to each acceptor so that they
+// can each leverage their own decision-making with this information.
+type ChannelAcceptRequest struct {
+	// Node is the public key of the node requesting to open a channel.
+	Node *btcec.PublicKey
+
+	// OpenChanMsg is the actual OpenChannel protocol message that the peer
+	// sent to us.
+	OpenChanMsg *lnwire.OpenChannel
+}
+
+// ChannelAcceptor is an interface that represents a predicate on the data
+// contained in ChannelAcceptRequest.
+type ChannelAcceptor interface {
+	Accept(req *ChannelAcceptRequest) bool
+}
diff --git a/chanacceptor/rpcacceptor.go b/chanacceptor/rpcacceptor.go
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+package chanacceptor
+
+// RPCAcceptor represents the RPC-controlled variant of the ChannelAcceptor.
+// One RPCAcceptor allows one RPC client.
+type RPCAcceptor struct {
+	acceptClosure func(req *ChannelAcceptRequest) bool
+}
+
+// Accept is a predicate on the ChannelAcceptRequest which is sent to the RPC
+// client who will respond with the ultimate decision. This assumes an accept
+// closure has been specified during creation.
+//
+// NOTE: Part of the ChannelAcceptor interface.
+func (r *RPCAcceptor) Accept(req *ChannelAcceptRequest) bool {
+	return r.acceptClosure(req)
+}
+
+// NewRPCAcceptor creates and returns an instance of the RPCAcceptor.
+func NewRPCAcceptor(closure func(*ChannelAcceptRequest) bool) *RPCAcceptor {
+	return &RPCAcceptor{
+		acceptClosure: closure,
+	}
+}
+
+// A compile-time constraint to ensure RPCAcceptor implements the ChannelAcceptor
+// interface.
+var _ ChannelAcceptor = (*RPCAcceptor)(nil)