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299 lines
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This document is written for people who are eager to do something with
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the Lightning Network Daemon (`lnd`). This folder uses `docker-compose` to
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package `lnd` and `btcd` together to make deploying the two daemons as easy as
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typing a few commands. All configuration between `lnd` and `btcd` are handled
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automatically by their `docker-compose` config file.
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### Prerequisites
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Name | Version
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--------|---------
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docker-compose | 1.9.0
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docker | 1.13.0
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### Table of content
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* [Create lightning network cluster](#create-lightning-network-cluster)
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* [Connect to faucet lightning node](#connect-to-faucet-lightning-node)
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* [Questions](#questions)
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### Create lightning network cluster
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This section describes a workflow on `simnet`, a development/test network
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that's similar to Bitcoin Core's `regtest` mode. In `simnet` mode blocks can be
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generated as will, as the difficulty is very low. This makes it an ideal
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environment for testing as one doesn't need to wait tens of minutes for blocks
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to arrive in order to test channel related functionality. Additionally, it's
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possible to spin up an arbitrary number of `lnd` instances within containers to
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create a mini development cluster. All state is saved between instances using a
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shared value.
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Current workflow is big because we recreate the whole network by ourselves,
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next versions will use the started `btcd` bitcoin node in `testnet` and
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`faucet` wallet from which you will get the bitcoins.
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In the workflow below, we describe the steps required to recreate following
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topology, and send a payment from `Alice` to `Bob`.
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```
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+ ----- + + --- +
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| Alice | <--- channel ---> | Bob | <--- Bob and Alice are the lightning network daemons which
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+ ----- + + --- + creates the channel and interact with each other using
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| | Bitcoin network as source of truth.
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+ - - - - - + - - - - - - +
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+ --------------- +
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| Bitcoin network | <--- In current scenario for simplicity we create only one
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+ --------------- + "btcd" node which represents the Bitcoin network, in
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real situation Alice and Bob will likely be
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connected to different Bitcoin nodes.
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```
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**General workflow is following:**
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* Create a `btcd` node running on a private `simnet`.
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* Create `Alice`, one of the `lnd` nodes in our test network.
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* Create `Bob`, the other `lnd` node in our test network.
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* Mine some blocks to send `Alice` some bitcoin.
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* Open channel between `Alice` and `Bob`.
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* Send payment from `Alice` to `Bob`.
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* Finally, close the channel between `Alice` and Bob`.
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Start `btcd`, and then create an address for `Alice` that we'll directly mine
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bitcoin into.
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```bash
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# Init bitcoin network env variable:
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$ export BITCOIN_NETWORK="simnet"
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# Run "btcd" node:
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$ docker-compose up -d "btcd"
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# Run the "Alice" container and log into it:
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$ docker-compose up -d "alice"
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$ docker exec -i -t "alice" bash
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# Generate a new backward compatible nested p2sh address for Alice:
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alice$ lncli newaddress np2wkh
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# Recreate "btcd" node and set Alice's address as mining address:
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$ MINING_ADDRESS=<alice_address> docker-compose up -d "btcd"
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# Generate 400 block (we need at least "100 >=" blocks because of coinbase
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# block maturity and "300 ~=" in order to activate segwit):
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$ docker-compose run btcctl generate 400
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# Check that segwit is active:
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$ docker-compose run btcctl getblockchaininfo | grep -A 1 segwit
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```
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Now we have `btcd` running and some amount of bitcoins mined to the `Alice`
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address. We'll need to restart `Alice` just once so she properly syncs up with
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`btcd`.
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```bash
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# Stop "Alice" container:
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$ docker-compose stop "alice"
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# Start "Alice" container and log into it:
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$ docker-compose up --no-recreate -d "alice"
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$ docker exec -i -t "alice" bash
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# Check "Alice" balance:
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alice$ lncli walletbalance --witness_only=true
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```
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Connect `Bob` node to `Alice` node.
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```bash
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# Run "Bob" node and log into it:
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$ docker-compose up --no-recreate -d "bob"
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$ docker exec -i -t "bob" bash
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# Get the identity pubkey of "Bob" node:
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bob$ lncli getinfo
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{
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----> "identity_pubkey": "0290bf454f4b95baf9227801301b331e35d477c6b6e7f36a599983ae58747b3828",
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"block_height": 3949,
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"block_hash": "00000000853c9dcccf8879abb0a91f0152aed16efe68015a924156f5845016ee",
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"synced_to_chain": true,
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"testnet": false,
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}
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# Get the IP address of "Bob" node:
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$ docker inspect "bob" | grep IPAddress
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# Connect "Alice" to the "Bob" node:
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alice$ lncli connect <bob_pubkey>@<bob_host>:10011
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# Check list of peers on "Alice" side:
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alice$ lncli listpeers
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{
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"peers": [
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{
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"pub_key": "0290bf454f4b95baf9227801301b331e35d477c6b6e7f36a599983ae58747b3828",
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"peer_id": 1,
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"address": "10.0.0.125:10011",
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"bytes_sent": 3278,
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"bytes_recv": 3278
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}
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]
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}
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# Check list of peers on "Bob" side:
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bob$ lncli listpeers
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{
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"peers": [
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{
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"pub_key": "036a0c5ea35df8a528b98edf6f290b28676d51d0fe202b073fe677612a39c0aa09",
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"peer_id": 1,
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"address": "10.0.0.15:10011",
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"bytes_sent": 3278,
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"bytes_recv": 3278
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}
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]
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}
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```
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Create the `Alice<->Bob` channel.
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```bash
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# Open the channel with "Bob":
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alice$ lncli openchannel --node_key=<bob_identity_pubkey> --num_confs=1 --local_amt=1000000
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# Include funding transaction in block thereby open the channel:
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$ docker-compose run btcctl generate 1
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# Check that channel with "Bob" was created:
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alice$ lncli listchannels
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{
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"channels": [
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{
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"remote_pubkey": "0290bf454f4b95baf9227801301b331e35d477c6b6e7f36a599983ae58747b3828",
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"channel_point": "7a632cde9e9e2ae4e9209591c0587bbb03254814c62e2a7fcef35ced743b0025:0",
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"chan_id": 1170330072213225472,
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"capacity": 1005000,
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"local_balance": 1000000,
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}
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]
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}
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```
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Send the payment form `Alice` to `Bob`.
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```bash
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# Add invoice on "Bob" side:
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bob$ lncli addinvoice --value=10000
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{
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"r_hash": "<your_random_rhash_here>",
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"pay_req": "<encoded_invoice>",
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}
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# Send payment from "Alice" to "Bob":
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alice$ lncli sendpayment --pay_req=<encoded_invoice>
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# Check "Alice"'s channel balance was decremented accordingly by the payment
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# amount
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alice$ lncli listchannels
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# Check "Bob"'s channel balance was credited with the payment amount
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bob$ lncli listchannels
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```
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Now we have open channel in which we sent only one payment, lets imagine
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that we sent a lots of them and we'll now like to close the channel. Lets do
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it!
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```bash
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# List the "Alice" channel and retrieve "channel_point" which represent
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# the opened channel:
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alice$ lncli listchannels
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{
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"channels": [
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{
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"remote_pubkey": "0290bf454f4b95baf9227801301b331e35d477c6b6e7f36a599983ae58747b3828",
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"channel_point": "7a632cde9e9e2ae4e9209591c0587bbb03254814c62e2a7fcef35ced743b0025:0",
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"chan_id": 1170330072213225472,
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"capacity": 1005000,
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"local_balance": 900000,
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"remote_balance": 10000,
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}
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]
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}
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# Channel point consist of two numbers separated by colon the first one
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# is "funding_txid" and the second one is "output_index":
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alice$ lncli closechannel --funding_txid=<funding_txid> --output_index=<output_index>
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# Include close transaction in block thereby close the channel:
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$ docker-compose run btcctl generate 1
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# Check "Alice" on-chain balance was credited by her settled amount in the channel:
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alice$ lncli walletbalance
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# Check "Bob" on-chain balance was credited with the funds he received in the
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# channel:
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bob$ lncli walletbalance
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```
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### Connect to faucet lightning node
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In order to be more confident with `lnd` commands I suggest you to try
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create mini lightnint network cluster ([Create lightning network cluster](#create-lightning-network-cluster)).
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In this section we will try to connect our node to the faucent/hub node
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which will create with as the channel and send as some amount of
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bitcoins. The schema will be following:
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```
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+ ----- + + ------ + (1) + --- +
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| Alice | <--- channel ---> | Faucet | <--- channel ---> | Bob |
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+ ----- + + ------ + + --- +
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+ - - - - - - - - - - - - - + - - - - - - - - - - - - - +
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+ --------------- +
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| Bitcoin network | <--- (3)
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+ --------------- +
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(1) You may connect an additinal node "Bob" and make the multihope
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payment Alice->Faucet->Bob
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(2) "Faucet", "Alice" and "Bob" are the lightning network daemons which
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creates the channel and interact with each other using Bitcoin network
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as source of truth.
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(3) In current scenario "Alice" and "Faucet" lightning network nodes
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connected to different Bitcoin nodes. If you decide to connect "Bob"
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to "Faucet" than already created "btcd" node would be sufficient.
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```
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First of all you need to run `btcd` node in `testnet` and wait it to be
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synced with test network (`May the Force and Patience be with you` ᕦ(ò_óˇ)ᕤ).
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```bash
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# Init bitcoin network env variable:
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$ export BITCOIN_NETWORK="testnet"
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# Run "btcd" node:
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$ docker-compose up -d "btcd"
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```
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After `btcd` synced, connect `Alice` to the `Faucet` node.
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```bash
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# Run "Alice" container and log into it:
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$ docker-compose up -d "alice"; docker exec -i -t "alice" bash
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# Connect "Alice" to the "Faucet" node:
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alice$ lncli connect <faucet_identity_address>@<faucet_host>:10011
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```
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After connection was achieved the `Faucet` node should create the channel
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and send some amount of bitcoins to `Alice`.
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**What you may do next?:**
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- Send some amount to `Faucet` node back.
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- Connect `Bob` node to the `Faucet` and make multihop payment (`Alice->Faucet->Bob`)
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- Close channel with `Faucet` and check the onchain balance.
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### Questions
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[]
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(https://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=lnd)
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* How to see `alice` | `bob` | `btcd` logs?
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```bash
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docker-compose logs <alice|bob|btcd>
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``` |