From 1e3c9085c383dc0bf25070b2c6a867937d801970 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: ZmnSCPxj jxPCSnmZ Date: Mon, 3 May 2021 11:07:45 +0800 Subject: [PATCH] README.md: Explain how to use clboss-ignore-onchain to withdraw onchain funds. --- README.md | 13 +++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index ac2e5713a..869d6faa9 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -200,6 +200,12 @@ can redeem perfectly well. Suppose you have the following story: +* You want to pay to some onchain address. +* All your funds are locked in Lightning channels on an LN node + managed with CLBOSS. + +Here is another user story: + * You have a popular C-Lightning forwarding node that you are happily not managing because you are using CLBOSS The Automated C-Lightning Node Manager. @@ -216,7 +222,7 @@ Suppose you have the following story: * At this point you talk them into running C-Lightning and CLBOSS. -To help with this user story, CLBOSS provides the +To help with these user stories, CLBOSS provides the `clboss-ignore-onchain` command. After executing this command, CLBOSS will temporarily ignore onchain funds (with the side effect that it will not try to @@ -229,11 +235,14 @@ new channel candidates, manage channel fees, and so on. Then, you can perform onchain actions manually, such as moving cold storage into your Lightning node and making a channel -manually for a friend. +manually for a friend, or closing some LN channels and withdrawing +those funds to an onchain address. `clboss-ignore-onchain` accepts an optional `hours` argument, a number of hours that it will ignore onchain funds. If not specified, this defaults to 24 hours. +You can specify this again at a later time to extend the ignore +time if needed. Once you have completed any manual onchain funds management, you can run `clboss-notice-onchain` in order to let CLBOSS