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Board Electrum
Re: Electrum Lightning Network walkthrough
by
BitCryptex
on 26/07/2020, 09:01:06 UTC
What happens if a closing channel tx is not confirmed and after 2 weeks the nodes drop the tx? The channel state changes to OPEN again?

That should never happen. As I said a few posts above, even if a transaction is dropped, it could be broadcast again. Since channels' on-chain balance changes only on their opening and closure, the dropped closing transaction would be still valid. In a case of cooperative closure, both nodes should keep broadcasting the closing transaction or sign a new transaction with a higher fee.