@@ -19,6 +19,20 @@ import (
1919 "github.com/spf13/cobra"
2020)
2121
22+ const forceCloseWarning = `
23+ If you are certain that a node is offline for good (AFTER you've tried SCB!)
24+ and a channel is still open, you can use this method to force-close your
25+ latest state that you have in your channel.db.
26+
27+ **!!! WARNING !!! DANGER !!! WARNING !!!**
28+
29+ If you do this and the state that you publish is *not* the latest state, then
30+ the remote node *could* punish you by taking the whole channel amount *if* they
31+ come online before you can sweep the funds from the time locked (144 - 2000
32+ blocks) transaction *or* they have a watch tower looking out for them.
33+
34+ **This should absolutely be the last resort and you have been warned!**`
35+
2236type forceCloseCommand struct {
2337 APIURL string
2438 ChannelDB string
@@ -35,18 +49,7 @@ func newForceCloseCommand() *cobra.Command {
3549 Use : "forceclose" ,
3650 Short : "Force-close the last state that is in the channel.db " +
3751 "provided" ,
38- Long : `If you are certain that a node is offline for good (AFTER
39- you've tried SCB!) and a channel is still open, you can use this method to
40- force-close your latest state that you have in your channel.db.
41-
42- **!!! WARNING !!! DANGER !!! WARNING !!!**
43-
44- If you do this and the state that you publish is *not* the latest state, then
45- the remote node *could* punish you by taking the whole channel amount *if* they
46- come online before you can sweep the funds from the time locked (144 - 2000
47- blocks) transaction *or* they have a watch tower looking out for them.
48-
49- **This should absolutely be the last resort and you have been warned!**` ,
52+ Long : forceCloseWarning ,
5053 Example : `chantools forceclose \
5154 --fromsummary results/summary-xxxx-yyyy.json
5255 --channeldb ~/.lnd/data/graph/mainnet/channel.db \
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