Go through all the addresses that could have funds of channels that were force-closed by the remote party. A public block explorer is queried for each address and if any balance is found, all funds are swept to a given address
This command helps users sweep funds that are in outputs of channels that were force-closed by the remote party. This command only needs to be used if no channel.backup file is available. By manually contacting the remote peers and asking them to force-close the channels, the funds can be swept after the force-close transaction was confirmed.
Supported remote force-closed channel types are:
- STATIC_REMOTE_KEY (a.k.a. tweakless channels)
- ANCHOR (a.k.a. anchor output channels)
chantools sweepremoteclosed [flags]
chantools sweepremoteclosed \
--recoverywindow 300 \
--feerate 20 \
--sweepaddr bc1q..... \
--publish
--apiurl string API URL to use (must be esplora compatible) (default "https://blockstream.info/api")
--bip39 read a classic BIP39 seed and passphrase from the terminal instead of asking for lnd seed format or providing the --rootkey flag
--feerate uint16 fee rate to use for the sweep transaction in sat/vByte (default 30)
-h, --help help for sweepremoteclosed
--publish publish sweep TX to the chain API instead of just printing the TX
--recoverywindow uint32 number of keys to scan per derivation path (default 200)
--rootkey string BIP32 HD root key of the wallet to use for sweeping the wallet; leave empty to prompt for lnd 24 word aezeed
--sweepaddr string address to sweep the funds to
-r, --regtest Indicates if regtest parameters should be used
-t, --testnet Indicates if testnet parameters should be used
- chantools - Chantools helps recover funds from lightning channels