Quote from: Carlton Banks on November 05, 2020, 06:09:14 PM

...because if you open a channel directly to the grocery place, then your outgoing capacity is their incoming capacity. For that channel only.

So it would be no problem in that case,

So from your response, I can conclude that the grocery store would be able to receive Lightning payments as soon as the channel was opened. But I have to be the one who opens the channel, not them? Sending payments in the opposite direction would in this scenario not be possible. The grocery store can't send me anything, because "my bottle is full" and I first have to empty it by sending funds to them. Did I understand it correctly?

@Timelord2067
This is only a made-up scenario I though of. It didn't happen. I am just trying to figure out some specifics about the LN network. I found the part of the FAQ that mentioned that funds couldn't be accepted immediately with the opening of the channel unusual.