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Board Bitcoin Technical Support
Re: BTC/LND Wallet Empty After Restore
by
KingZee
on 08/02/2019, 01:30:23 UTC
KingZee, I checked and the channels are all closed. At this point, it looks like the 300,000 or so satoshi's are gone.

Now I know what to back up when using Lightning on the mainnet. I know channel state is not really easy to backup at this pint and not a good idea anyway. So, I am calling this one good and starting with a new wallet. This will hurt more when satoshis are worth a penny each, or even worse, dollars  Undecided

Thanks for the help all!


=_wakedog_=

When a channel is forcefully closed, funds are kept in the channel's contract for a few more blocks until they're available for you. If you still own the old lightning wallet, you need to wait a while after the other party closes the channel so that the funds get broadcasted on chain for you to get back.

Do you still have the old hsm_secret? Or addresses from the onchain lnd wallet?