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  <h1>Frequently Asked Questions</h1>
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  <section id="toc">
    <h2>Table of Contents</h2>
    <ul>
      <li><a href="#what-is-ln">What is the Bitcoin Lightning Network?</a></li>
      <li><a href="#no-sync">Blixt doesn't sync. Why is this and what can I do?</a></li>
      <li><a href="#fees">What fees are used? Is there a cost to use LN channels?</a></li>
      <li><a href="#blixt-node">How is it possible to have a node on a mobile device?</a></li>
      <li><a href="#routing">Can I route payments with Blixt Wallet?</a></li>
      <li><a href="#keysend">Can I receive sats through keysend?</a></li>
      <li><a href="#blixt-peers">With which nodes can I open lightning channels?</a></li>
      <li><a href="#routing">Can I route payments with Blixt Wallet?</a></li>
      <li><a href="#connect-bitcoin-node">How do I connect Blixt Wallet to my own full node?</a></li>
      <li><a href="#umbrel-control">Can I remotely control an Umbrel from Blixt Wallet?</a></li>
      <li><a href="#blixt-restore">I lost my mobile phone (dead, stolen) or simply want to migrate to a new phone, what
          is the procedure?</a></li>
      <li><a href="#restored-funds">I restored my old node using SCB file, but funds are not back to my onchain
          wallet</a></li>
    </ul>
  </section>
  <section id="what-is-ln">
    <h3>What is the Lightning Network?</h3>
    <p>Before you start using Blixt Wallet, it's important to get familiarized with terms, procedures, features, etc.
    </p>
    <p>It's a good idea to start reading and get some basic knowledge about LN and how to use it, otherwise it will be
      difficult for you, as a new user, to understand what you are doing with Blixt Wallet as a node LN wallet.</p>
    <p>Here are some resources to start learning:</p>
    <h4>A. General information and documentation about the Bitcoin Lightning Network</h4>
    <ol>
      <li>
        <a href="https://medium.com/@fulgur.ventures/an-overview-of-lightning-network-implementations-d670255a6cfa"
          target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">An Overview of Lightning Network Implementations</a>
      </li>
      <li>
        <a href="https://lightning.how" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">
          Lightning Network Resources, complete library about LN - by Jamesson Lopp
        </a>
      </li>
      <li>
        <a href="https://bitcoin.design/guide/daily-spending-wallet/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">
          Daily spending wallet, guide about using a Bitcoin and LN wallet - by Bitcoin Design
        </a>
      </li>
      <li>
        <a href="https://docs.lightning.engineering/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">
          LND Documentation - by Lightning Engineering
        </a>
      </li>
      <li>
        <a href="https://www.lightningnode.info/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">
          Lightning Node Management – by openoms
        </a>
      </li>
      <li>
        <a href="https://www.lightningnode.info/v/es/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">
          Lightning Node Management in Español – by openoms
        </a>
      </li>
      <li>
        <a href="https://bitcoiner.guide/lightning/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">
          Beginners LN Guide 28 – by Bitcoin Q&amp;A
        </a>
      </li>
      <li>
        <a href="https://github.com/chaincodelabs/lightning-curriculum/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">
          Lightning Network Dev Curriculum – by Chaincode Labs
        </a>
      </li>
    </ol>
    <h4>B. Video tutorials about the Lightning Network and Bitcoin nodes</h4>
    <ol>
      <li>
        <a href="https://youtu.be/sVeolsQ3cvU" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">
          What is a Bitcoin node
        </a>
      </li>
      <li>
        <a href="https://youtu.be/z9n8WRfMw8M" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">
          The Lightning Network: The most efficient payment system in the world
        </a>
      </li>
      <li>
        <a href="https://youtu.be/pOZaLbUUZUs" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">
          How LN channels work – by Decentralized Thought
        </a>
      </li>
      <li>
        <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/renepickhardt/videos" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">
          LN explained – by René Pickhardt
        </a>
      </li>
      <li>
        <a href="https://youtu.be/HlPIB6jt6ww" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">
          LN Channels Management – by Alex Bosworth
        </a>
      </li>
      <li>
        <a href="https://youtu.be/bW7hvvjum9o" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">
          Everything you need to know about LN – Till Musshoff
        </a>
      </li>
    </ol>
  </section>

  <section id="no-sync">
    <h3>Blixt doesn't sync. Why is this and what can I do?</h3>
    <p>First of all, let's explain some reasons for WHY it is not syncing, so the user can understand the situation:</p>
    <ul>
      <li>The Blixt app needs to be online (connected to the internet) in order to connect to the Neutrino node and sync
        the block headers and filters. If your device, for some reason, is not connected to a stable internet
        connection, Blixt will stall the sync until it is restarted.</li>
      <li>If you use the Tor network, the connection is quite unstable sometimes, not because of your device but because
        of poor or congested Tor relays in your area.</li>
      <li>Keep in mind that Blixt uses quite a good amount of storage on your device, up to 1.5GB, so be
        sure to have enough free space, otherwise the app will stop the sync.</li>
      <li>Sometimes the sync was not done properly and the app didn't scan all your BTC addresses.</li>
      <li>If you switched to sync with your own home node, maybe your node was not prepared for this or connection with
        your node was interrupted.</li>
    </ul>
    <p>So what you can do?</p>
    <ul>
      <li>Restart the Blixt app (try force close for closing bad connections).</li>
      <li>Remove Tor connection (if is possible and you want it) and restart Blixt.</li>
      <li>Switch back to default sync server node.blixtwallet.com, or just leave it blank.</li>
      <li>Go to <i>Settings -> Rescan wallet</i>, then restart the app. Once restarted, go to <i>Settings -> Read lnd
          log</i>, or go to <i>Settings -> Copy lnd log to local storage</i> to save a copy of the lnd log.</li>
      <li>Check if you have enough space on your device. Move apps, photos, and videos to your mSD card, and leave more
        space on the local disk. Blixt needs up to 1.5GB for its data (block headers, LN graph, channels.db, etc).</li>
      <li>Restart the app, then go to <i>Settings -> LndMobile Help Center</i>, and run a diagnostics test. Get in
        contact with Blixt support on <a href="https://t.me/BlixtWallet" target="_blank">Telegram</a> for further
        instructions or to share logs.</li>
      <ul>
  </section>

  <section id="fees">
    <h3>What are the fees? Is there a cost to use LN channels?</h3>
    <p>1. Blixt Wallet itself does not charge any fees for usage of the app.</p>
    <p>2. Use of the Lightning Network (LN) is <i>not free</i>! This is a myth. Even if the cost of using LN is really
      small, there is a cost, and some users will look at that cost too.</p>
    <p>3. Opening and closing channels on LN <i>has a cost</i>, and sometimes it's not cheap. It also depends on the
      current miner fees when opening a LN channel. Sometimes it can be really high, sometimes it can be really low.
      Users should first learn about how fees work. To learn more about mempool, users can read <a
        href="https://bitcoin.cipix.eu/en/what-is-mempool/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">What is
        Mempool?</a>. To learn more about LN fees, users can read <a
        href="https://suredbits.com/lightning-101-lightning-network-fees/" target="_blank"
        rel="noopener noreferrer">Lightning 101: Lightning Network Fees</a>.</p>

    <h4>USE CASE SCENARIO:</h4>
    <p>You are a new Blixt Wallet user, and you have just installed the app. You have no funds deposited into the
      wallet.</p>
    <p>
      Let's say you choose to use the Dunder LSP service (<a href="#blixt-lsp">see down below how Dunder LSP works and
        what is LSP</a>) to deposit 100k sats into your Blixt LN wallet.</p>
    <p>The moment the LSP service receives your 100k deposit, it will use those 100k sats to open a 400k sats channel
      (amount can vary, <a href="https://dunder.blixtwallet.com/ondemand-channel/service-status" target="_blank"
        rel="noopener noreferrer">see here for more details</a>) towards your wallet. You will have 100k sats as
      outbound liquidity and 300k sats as inbound liquidity, but that opening comes at a cost: on-chain fees for the tx
      as well as a commit fee (reserve held for channel closure). More information on committing fees can be found in
      the following links:
    <ul>
      <li>
        <a href="https://lightningwiki.net/index.php/Fees" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">
          Fees - lightning wiki
        </a>
      </li>
      <li>
        <a href="https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/89232/why-is-my-spendable-msat-much-lower-than-msatoshi-to-us/89235#89235"
          target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">
          Why is my "spendable_msat" much lower than "msatoshi_to_us"? - Bitcoin Stack Exchange
        </a>
      </li>
      <li>
        <a href="https://old.reddit.com/r/lightningnetwork/comments/cjtbjt/question_regarding_commit_fee/"
          target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">
          Question regarding Commit Fee - Reddit
        </a>
      </li>
    </ul>

    </p>
  </section>

  <section id="blixt-peers">
    <h3>With which nodes can I open lightning channels?</h3>
    <p>REMEMBER:</p>
    <ul>
      <li>Blixt Wallet uses private channels, not routing channels.</li>
      <li>You can open channels with whatever node peer you choose, but choose wisely.</li>
      <li>Blixt Wallet is a private node wallet and mostly for quick payments. You will need to find the best routes:
        cheap, fast, reliable, and well connected peers.</li>
      <li>You can connect to your own home node, but keep in mind that at that moment, your home node will be the
        liquidity provider for your wallet, so make sure it's reliable and you have good routes and good fees.</li>
      <li>Not every LN node wants or agrees with private channels. If it is a dedicated routing node, they usually do
        not want private channels because for them it is like "locked" liquidity. It is better if you can first ask the
        node operator if they will agree to a private channel. You can open directly, but be aware that some of them can
        close the channel because they do not want private channels.</li>
    </ul>
    <p>Blixt Wallet itself offers two optional methods for opening channels with the <a
        href="https://amboss.space/node/0230a5bca558e6741460c13dd34e636da28e52afd91cf93db87ed1b0392a7466eb"
        target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Blixt Node Server</a>:
    </p>
    <ul>
      <li><a href="/guides#guide-autopilot" target="_blank">Autopilot</a>: at the moment, it works only for the first
        on-chain deposit in Blixt and will open a channel with the Blixt Node for the amount you deposited.</li>
      <li><a id="blixt-lsp" href="/guides#guide-lsp" target="_blank">Dunder LSP</a>: Blixt Node Server will provide you
        with an inbound channel until 400k sats, on top of your deposit amount, to start with your first deposit on
        Lightning (if you do not have any other channel). You will need to activate it in the Settings menu.</li>
    </ul>
    <p>Inbound liquidity providers - Blixt also offers a direct link, in the wallet, to LNBig and Bitrefill (Thor). Go
      to <i>Settings -> Inbound channel services</i>. Select the desired one, and follow the instructions provided.
      Those are used only when you need more "INBOUND" liquidity.</p>
    <p>Open channels with any nodes - As we've pointed out, we recommend choosing your peers wisely. Blixt is a
      quick-spending LN wallet. We recommend finding one with low fees or even zero fees. Also, look at <a
        href="https://amboss.space/community/fa2a3e5a-769c-4cbf-ab9d-7ed8680a9ec6" target="_blank">this Amboss Community
        of Zero Base Fee</a> or any other node community. Your Blixt Wallet needs good peers and low fees, so your
      payments will be fast and cheap.</p>
    <p>A very popular node that offers "zero fee routing" is the <a
        href="https://amboss.space/node/038fe1bd966b5cb0545963490c631eaa1924e2c4c0ea4e7dcb5d4582a1e7f2f1a5"
        target="_blank">ZFR node</a>. We suggest not opening small channels like 20k sats. If you want to use a node
      like this as a peer, at least open channels with 400-500-600k sats to have enough for your payments and also cover
      the reserves and costs. Smaller channels are not efficient for both peers. There are many others like this one,
      but also keep in mind the centrality and connectivity of those nodes. Not all will offer good routes for your
      payments.</p>
    <p>It is very good practice to open channels with merchants or services you pay frequently. Opening a channel with
      your favorite merchant can bring you 0 fees since it is a direct channel and it is like a "line of credit." You
      can also use that channel to pay other merchants or services. Just be aware of their fees for routing your
      payment, because if there isn't a direct payment route, their node will have to route your payment to the next hop
      until it reaches the destination, and that comes at a cost.</p>
  </section>

  <section id="blixt-node">
    <h3>How is it possible to have a node on a mobile device?</h3>
    <p>Blixt Wallet uses the lightning node implementation <a href="https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd"
        target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">lnd</a> and the<a
        href="https://suredbits.com/neutrino-what-is-it-and-why-we-need-it/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">
        Bitcoin SPV client Neutrino</a> directly on the phone. Lnd has been configured to work well on mobile devices.
    </p>
    <!--
    <p>
      Blixt can use the Tor network, so you can have more privacy and usage for incoming LN channels from other nodes by
      having a unique onion address for your node URI. Here is an
      <a href="https://blog.lopp.net/tor-only-bitcoin-lightning-guide/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">
        article writen by Jamesson Lopp
      </a>
      where you can read more about BTC/LN Tor nodes,
    </p>
    -->
    <p>Keep in mind that Blixt Wallet is a Lightning node, with LN channels as any other node. That means that in order
      to be able to transact on LN, you need to be online and connected at the moment of the transaction. If you do not
      transact, it's not necessary to stay online. Blixt. Once Blixt is open, it will take a few moments to re-sync the
      latest blocks through SPV Neutrino, and you will be back online. On the other hand, for transacting on-chain (not
      LN), it's not necessary to be online.</p>
  </section>

  <!-- Future of onion address in Blixt uncertain, commenting out for now
  <section id="blixt-node-address">
    <details>
      <summary>
        <h3 style="color: Orange">How do I obtain/see my Blixt nodeID and Tor onion URI?</h3>
      </summary>
      <p>
        In order to be able to share or use your Blixt nodeID for opening channels, you need to activate it. But due to
        the fact that the Blixt node is a mobile one, so usually your mobile phone will have a different IP based on
        your location, will need to be used behind Tor network, so could have a static onion address.
      </p>
      <ul>
        <li>Go to Blixt - settings - activate Tor onion. app will restart (if not, do it manually)</li>
        <li>
          Wait for Blixt to connect to Tor and sync latest blocks and indexes (see the sync icon on top). Takes only few
          moments.
        </li>
        <li>
          Go to Blixt settings - under Tor onion, you have "show onion address" option. Now you can see the full node
          URI with a onion address. Save that for later use, by long press it, copy into clipboard and then save it in
          your safe places (eg. password manager).
        </li>
      </ul>
      <p>
        If you just need to see the nodeID, go to Blixt settings - "shoe node data". In that window popup you will see
        "node alias" and node "Identity Pubkey". You can copy it by long press the item.
      </p>
    </details>
  </section>
  -->

  <section id="routing">
    <h3>Can I route payments with Blixt Wallet?</h3>
    <p>Blixt is not a routing node, it is more like a private LN node.</p>
    <p>All channels on Blixt are private, which means they are not "visible" to the other routing nodes in the
      network. These so-called "unannounced" channels are used only for private payments.</p>
    <p>Your Blixt LN node can send and receive payments using other nodes as hops, but can not route other payments
      through your Blixt node.</p>
    <p>That's why Blixt is so special ... nobody knows about your payments. <a
        href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=toarjBSPFqI" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Check out this
        short tutorial about LN onion routing</a>.</p>
  </section>

  <section id="keysend">
    <h3>Can I receive sats through keysend?</h3>
    <p>Yes, always when your Blixt Wallet is online.</p>
    <p>To display your nodeURI/QR code, go to <i> Menu -> Advanced -> Keysend Experiment</i>. Have the payer scan that
      QR code and pay.</p>
    <p>Aspects to keep in mind:
    <p>
    <ul>
      <li>If you want to share your nodeID on a website or send it to someone so they can pay you via keysend, your
        Blixt Wallet must be online at the time of the payment.</li>
      <li>If you, as receiver, are using a Tor connection, the payer also has to use a Tor connection, otherwise they
        cannot "see" your Blixt node and connect with it.</li>
    </ul>
  </section>

  <section id="connect-bitcoin-node">
    <h3>How do I connect Blixt Wallet to my own full node?</h3>
    <p>Under <i>Settings -> Bitcoin Node</i>, you can enter a Bitcoin node to connect to.</p>
    <p>Blixt Wallet does not yet support <a href="https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/issues/4973" target="_blank"
        rel="noopener noreferrer">Tor Onion v3</a>, so for the moment, you can only use your node if it is "visible" on
      clearnet (IP/domain). You must make sure that Bitcoin's P2P port (8333) is forwarded by your router. You can
      connect to your node via its local LAN IP, but it will only work if you're connected to your home router.</p>
    <p>BIP157 compact filter indexing must be enabled for your node. Add this to your bitcoin.conf if it isn't already
      set:</p>
    <pre>
      blockfilterindex=1
      peerblockfilters=1
    </pre>
  </section>

  <section id="umbrel-control">
    <h3>Can I remotely control an Umbrel node from Blixt Wallet?</h3>
    <p><strong>Blixt Wallet</strong> is a fully fledged lightning node in and of itself. It's not possible to connect to
      and control a remote node like Umbrel, myNode, RaspiBlitz, etc. For that management task, you would need to use
      apps like Zeus, Zap, Thunderhub, Ride The Lightning, or Fully Noded.</p>
    <p>Instead of controlling your node from home, enable Tor and open a channel to it. That way, you could use your
      Blixt Node Wallet as a companion for your home routing node. See more details on the <a href="/guides"
        target="_blank">Guides</a> page.</p>
  </section>

  <section id="blixt-restore">
    <h3>I lost my mobile phone (dead, stolen) or simply want to migrate to a new phone. What is the procedure?</h3>
    </summary>
    <p>
      RULE NO.1 - You should always have a channel backup and keep it in a safe place (e.g., password manager). If you
      did that, the procedure is simple and you have two ways (fast and slow) and also two situations to take into
      consideration (whether you had funds in on-chain or not).
    </p>
    <p>
      RULE NO.2 - Never use a full backup of a device as a restored backup for BTC/LN wallets. This can result in
      losing funds by broadcasting the wrong state of channels.
    </p>
    <p>
      NOTE NO.1 - Migration (or funds restore procedure) means creating a new Node ID and moving the restored funds to
      it. This is a better procedure for privacy, safety of funds, and overall ease of use.
    </p>
    <p>
      NOTE NO.2 - If you have the ORIGINAL DEVICE still working and online with funds in LN channels, NEVER do
      the restore procedure on a new device with the channels restore options. This action will force close the existing
      channels and you could get a penalty for that (broadcasting twice the status of channels). You can ONLY restore
      the on-chain wallet/seed on another device, keeping the original still open, but never restore the channels
      backup.
    </p>
    <p>
      NOTE NO.3 - If, after starting the restore process, you do not see in the "Lightning Channels" menu that the old
      channels have entered the status "closing," or if they are not there at all, it is safe to restart the restore
      process from the backup file. There is no need to start over from zero with an on-chain restore. If your on-chain
      wallet is restored and funds are back, it is OK to continue with LN channel restore.
    </p>
    <p>
      NOTE NO.4 - If you restore LN channels that were open using the Tor network, then BEFORE starting the restore
      process, go to <i>Settings -> Enable Tor</i>. That way, your Blixt node can "see" the Tor peers and start the
      closing procedure in the normal way.
    </p>
    <h4>Scenario A - migrate Blixt to a new device (fast way)</h4>
    <p>Conditions:</p>
    <ol>
      <li>You still have the old device functional</li>
      <li>You have a new device ready with Blixt Wallet already installed (but not started yet)</li>
      <li>You have funds ONLY in LN channels, the on-chain is empty</li>
    </ol>
    <p>Procedure:</p>
    <ul>
      <li>
        Create a new Blixt wallet instance on the new device (new seed) and save that seed into a safe place (e.g.,
        password
        manager).
      </li>
      <li>
        Wait for Blixt to sync (takes just a few minutes), you will see the sync icon on the top right disappear.
      </li>
      <li>
        On the new device <i>Settings -> Enable Dunder LSP</i>.
      </li>
      <li>
        On the new device, go to main screen and click on the <i>Receive</i> button to create a new LN invoice to open a
        Dunder LSP channel.
      </li>
      <li>
        Put the amount of total balance available displayed on the old device Blixt (main screen), then press
        <i>CREATE INVOICE</i>.
      </li>
      <li>
        With the old Blixt device, scan the LN invoice QR code and pay it. The old wallet will send all available funds
        to the new one, and Dunder will open a new channel for you with that amount.
      </li>
      <li>
        It will take a few minutes until the tx is confirmed and the channel is opened on the new device. Be patient.
      </li>
      <li>
        Once you see the funds in the new device available, it is recommended to close those old empty channels. If
        there are some residual satoshis, they will go back to the on-chain wallet and can be sent later to the new
        device using an on-chain tx.
      </li>
      <li>
        DONE! Blixt can now be deleted from the old device, and the funds are safe in the new one.
      </li>
    </ul>
    <h4>Scenario B - old device is lost, non-functional, or non-recoverable (slow way)</h4>
    <p>Conditions:</p>
    <ol>
      <li>You do not have the old device anymore</li>
      <li>You have a new device ready with Blixt Wallet already installed (but not started yet)</li>
      <li>You have funds in the LN channels but also in the on-chain wallet</li>
    </ol>
    <p>Procedure:</p>
    <ul>
      <li>
        Install Blixt Wallet on a new phone.
      </li>
      <li>
        On the first screen to create or restore a wallet, go to <i>Settings -> Enable Tor</i> (if you previously
        opened channels with Tor nodes). You have funds in the LN channels but also in the on-chain wallet.
      </li>
      <li>
        Blixt will restart in Tor mode. Then click on "restore." Fill in your 24 word seed from your old wallet, space
        delimited. You can also add the channels.backup file you saved previously and copy it onto your new phone.
        Optionally, you can use Google Drive, if you have it there.
      </li>
      <li>
        Click "restore" and wait for the app to perform the standard procedure for recovering the funds.
      </li>
      <li>
        Blixt will close the existing channels and, after a few blocks, funds will be recovered and visible in
        your on-chain wallet. Be patient.
      </li>
      <li>
        To check the funds, go to <i> Menu -> On-chain</i>. Click the top right menu to see the Transaction Log. After
        channels are closed and txs are confirmed, locktime expires. The funds are displayed here.
      </li>
    </ul>
  </section>

  <section id="restored-funds">
    <h3>I restored my old node using the SCB file, but funds are not back in my on-chain wallet.</h3>
    </summary>
    <p>OK, I had a previous dead node and I used the restore procedure, using the SCB backup channels file into Blixt. I
      wait for the channels to be closed, but funds are not back in my on-chain wallet. What can I do?</p>
    <p>Usually, there are a few possible scenarios for closing channels:</p>
    <ul>
      <li>
        A normal "cooperative close" channel usually takes a few blocks if both peers are online. Then everything goes
        smooth and fast.
      </li>
      <li>
        If the other channel peer is not online, the closure task takes effect. This could take at least 144 blocks
        until funds are released from the lock time. Check the locktime for the closing tx on mempool.
      </li>
      <li>
        A normal closure can be for many reasons, but mostly because of lost connectivity. If a normal closure gets
        stuck, then once the rest of the channels have entered into a "waiting to close" state, you could repeat the
        process to once again push the closure of the remaining stuck channels.
      </li>
      <li>
        Another way to "push" the connection with your lost peers is to add them manually. Go to <a
          href="https://amboss.space" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">amboss.space</a>, search for your peer,
        copy or scan the QR URI of your peer, and go to <i>Settings -> Show Lightning Peers -> +</i> .
      </li>
      <li>
        To try a force closing action again, go to <i>Menu -> Lightning Channels</i>. Select the channel you want to
        push, and swipe on activity view to start the process again.
      </li>
    </ul>
    <p>Once all the channels are initiated into "closing", wait patiently. This process takes time.
      If you see that on mempool the tx has released the funds, check your on-chain wallet. If funds are still
      not there, it means that the lnd wallet has to rescan previous addresses and refresh the wallet history. Some
      UTXOs are linked to "anchor outputs," so they are more complicated to get back on-chain.</p>
    <p>When you see that all channels are closed, go to <i>Settings -> Rescan wallet</i>. Activate it and restart the
      app if it does not do so automatically.</p>
    <p>Only when the lnd is initiated, can the rescan take place. Be patient and check the lnd logs (see <i>Settings ->
        Read lnd log</i>). You will read in there how it is scanning many blocks at once for your restored addresses.
      Once the process is finished, you should see the funds in the on-chain wallet.</p>
    <p>Try to keep the Blixt app active during this process. If it is interrupted, you will have to restart again to
      trigger it.</p>
    <p>IMPORTANT NOTES TO CONSIDER (in regards of how LN funds are moved):</p>
    <ul>
      <li>When you open a channel of 2M sats with a peer, in the beginning, all the sats will be on YOUR side.</li>
      <li>You start moving these sats by making payments and/or routing others' payments through this channel.</li>
      <li>If you do not make your own payments out of your node, your balance will always be the same, but some channels
        will move sats in and out.</li>
      <li>By routing others' payments, the dynamic of your channel's balances is changing. That is, if you started with
        2M sats and routed 1M sats, your channel balance will be 1M sats. When you close that channel, you will get back
        1M sats and NOT 2M sats that you had initially.</li>
      <li>Before you begin to close your channels, remember the total balance you had in your node on YOUR side of the
        channels. That is the amount you will get back. Some channels will be empty on your side, so don't expect to get
        sats from those closed channels.</li>
    </ul>
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