Rebalancing fees

[DarthCoin]

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[TO READ] Do all lightning channels need to be balanced?

This is a transcript of a great thread on Twitter (see at the end the credits). When it comes to lightning node maintenance one common practice is channel rebalancing. The idea is to keep half of the liquidity on each side. This state allows your node send & receive at the same time over that channel. Do all lightning channels need to be balanced? I don’t think that every channel needs to be balanced. Some cases justify one sided liquidity. This is especially important for merchants and on th…