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[Feature request] Allow separate minchansize setting for private channels #5107

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openoms opened this issue Mar 15, 2021 · 1 comment
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openoms commented Mar 15, 2021

Currently a node operator can only control the minimum channel size accepted together in public and private channels:

; minchansize=

The setting is very useful:
Small public channels are not desirable for a routing node since they are uneconomical (large onchain cost vs usefulness) and getting unbalanced quickly causing payment failures.

There should be a separate setting to allow minimal sized private channels (alongside the different requirement for public ones) to allow mobile wallets and other small private nodes to choose freely.

This would allow for more decentralization without affecting path finding and the payment success rate.

@Roasbeef Roasbeef added channel management The management of the nodes channels enhancement Improvements to existing features / behaviour feature request Requests for new features config Parameters/arguments/config file related issues/PRs labels Mar 15, 2021
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FWIW the enterprising node operator can implement something dynamic like this today using the existing channel acceptor APIs.

@Roasbeef Roasbeef added the P3 might get fixed, nice to have label Mar 15, 2021
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