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Dual-Funded Channels

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Dual funding allows both channel peers to contribute inputs during channel opening. It improves liquidity symmetry and reduces one-sided capital requirements.

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Curated resources (4)

• Bitcoin Optech Topic: Dual Funding (article) Deployment notes and interoperability considerations across implementations.
• BTC Transcripts Tag: Dual funding (article) Design details from developer discussions and spec sessions.
• BOLT 2 Peer Protocol (article) Channel establishment message flow and negotiation context.
• Mastering the Lightning Network (book) Practical reference for channel-opening flows, funding negotiations, and liquidity coordination.

Direct prerequisites (1)

• Lightning Commitment Transactions

Direct dependents (0)

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