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Lightning Channel Splicing

lightning.splicing

Updating channel capacity without fully closing channels by combining on-chain and off-chain state changes.

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Curated resources (4)

• Bitcoin Optech Topic: Splicing (article) State of implementations and protocol design choices.
• BOLT 02: Peer Protocol (article) Channel lifecycle primitives used by splicing designs.
• BOLT 03: Transaction and Channel States (article) Funding and commitment transaction transitions relevant to splicing.
• Mastering the Lightning Network (book) Technical context for channel lifecycle updates that keep channels open while changing capacity.

Direct prerequisites (2)

• Payment Channels
• Replace-by-Fee (RBF)

Direct dependents (0)

• None

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