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Channel Reserve and Dust Limits

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Channel-level reserve and dust constraints that preserve safety margins and spendability under fee pressure.

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Curated resources (3)

• BOLT 02: Peer Protocol (article) Defines reserve constraints and channel parameter negotiation.
• Bitcoin Design: Lightning Liquidity (article) Operational consequences of reserve constraints for users.
• Bitcoin Optech Topic: Anchor Outputs (article) Modern channel commitment designs and fee-management context.

Direct prerequisites (1)

• Payment Channels

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• None

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