Sometimes just a simple restart release them back. Thank you Darth, your support here is priceless!
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Hi,
Iām unsure how to proceed with restoring the node.
The node is OK, except for the channel.db. The channel.db cannot be saved either. Also chantools brings an error āout of rangeā.
I have the channel.db.backup required for the recovery, it is the latest version. The node has not been online since (11 days).
Well I would prefer not to reload the blokchain, the transfer rates here are not good. and local copying is also estimated at 60 hours.
How do I replace or reset the channel.db? does it work automatically? Or will the channel.db be recreated if I delete it? Deleting would be the easiest. I would do it with the Bilxt method.
Iām not going to do it now and am waiting for your professional opinion and the approach you recommend.
PS: Above you would help, hence the message 
Why are you so fixated in channel.db?
There are many other options before doing things that you donāt understand.
Read careful the ENTIRE guide, donāt cherry pick only what you think itās easy for you (but is not).
The guide is structured in 8 parts, each situation for a specific case. So choose wisely and pay attention to details. It is explained STEP BY STEP.
I am glad you recover your funds and you learned something new with Bitcoin.
This is the way!
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Hello, I am restoring my node,since I moved it to other location. Meanwhile the blockchain is being downloaded, Iām trying to restore my channels backup following guide number 1. However, i see that my channels are still active (checking my node in 1ml).
I also see the following error on the logs: LndError: Unable to list channels.
It seems that my LND wallet is not created. Could anyone please help? it might be necessary to wait until bitcoin blockchain is 100% synced? thanks in advanceumbrel-1645367113863-debug.log (30.6 KB)
You are right! Iām a non tecky user, I spend a lot of time figuring out why I was gettting āno such file or directory errorā.
So the solution that worked is what you are saying. I think that the guide 1 should be updated because it seems that you dont need to SSH first
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What do you think?
Can you use something that is not yet available?
Well, for bitcoin i understand that yes, but for lightning, no ideaā¦ but for your anwser, i understood yes! thanks
My node bricked and I was able to get my onchain fund via sparrow and I did try to use blixt to get access to my channels but they didnāt show up I probably donāt have the most up to date logs. I assume. My counterparties all forced closed already as well so I should have a sats in my wallet. How do i go about getting the host channel logs?
Seems that you didnāt read carefully the guide and you mixed up things.
Please pay attention to all details explained there, donāt cherry pick only what you think you like to do.
I tried resolving my ālocked walletā issue and even though I recieved a message saying it was successfully unlocked, my node showed āsynchronizingā with no balance on-chain or on LNā¦ So I went with option #3 of your wallet recovery guide, and now I have a few questions.
#1 I had 10 channels with āforce closingā status in my blixt app for 3 days. Now 9 of them are āwaiting for closeā while one is still force closing. Is there any action I should/could take to speed this up or verify that everything is closing properly?
#2 Some of my channels arenāt showing up in blixt. I used the most up to date channel backup file I had, which I downloaded minutes before installing blixt. Is this normal?
#3 Can I reformat my hard drive and flash a new copy of Umbrel and start up a new node from scratch while I wait for this process to play out? Obviously I would create a completely new instance of Umbrel OS without using any prior seed phrases.
Thanks for the help/advice!
- Wait. Force closing takes time.
- Maybe were already closed, or were with 100% of the balance on peer side so you get nothing
- Yes. If you have the seed + channels.backup is all you need. Start a new fresh wallet, do not restore the old one anymore.
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I appreciate the feedback. Wasnāt expecting you to respond so soon!
@VinnieG, Hiā¦ I am having the same issue. Both steps were completed as advised. But nothing happened. Were you able to restore/recover the lightning funds? Thanks!
@DarthCoin, another question about force closing channels using the Blixt methodā¦
My node was synced with a BTC Bluewallet and a Lightning Bluewallet. I used my original Umbrel seed phrase for recovery with Blixt. Would it hurt anything if I were to also recover my BTC and Lightning Bluewallets using Blixt? I was thinking about doing this so I could keep an eye on everything within one app.
It seems reasonable, that way I can delete those two wallets from my Bluewallet app and keep everything somewhat organized while I wait for those channels to close. Just wanted to check first before doing something stupid. Iād like to get my Bluewallet connect to my new node, but putting the two wallets from my previous node on my new node seems like itāll be a complete disasterā¦
Thanks!
All sats from lndhub BW wallet are already on your node, so is nothing to ārecoverā.
What you see in BW lndhub are just ātokensā in a database in your node.
The real sats are already in your LN channels
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But it I were to try to send sats from the BWās that were on my old node, wouldnāt that break up the current UTxOās that are in there, making it impossible for funds to be returned?
Donāt move any funds in onchain until you restore all your channels. That could break the anchor shit.
Just wait to be closed and funds returned.
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