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Channel Factories

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Channel factories let multiple users share one on-chain UTXO to open and rebalance many off-chain channels. They trade coordination complexity for better on-chain footprint and liquidity efficiency.

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Curated resources (3)

• Bitcoin Optech Topic: Channel Factories (article) Design tradeoffs and status of factory-based channel constructions.
• BTC Transcripts Tag: Channel factories (article) Primary-source discussions from Lightning protocol workshops.
• Mastering the Lightning Network (book) Lightning channel design patterns and protocol internals.

Direct prerequisites (1)

• Liquidity Management

Direct dependents (0)

• None

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