Post
Topic
Board Bitcoin Technical Support
Merits 12 from 4 users
Topic OP
Why do you need a channel backup and mnemonic code?
by
LightningResponse
on 20/07/2021, 20:12:04 UTC
⭐ Merited by HCP (5) ,Welsh (4) ,Saidasun (2) ,ETFbitcoin (1)
I have been researching into creating my own lightening node and I have a little question relating to the mnemonic code and the channel backup. Why are both of these needed? With Bitcoin you only need to have the mnemonic code to recover your funds correct? Why does lightening need you to backup the channel as well?