Keys

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Your Lightning node or wallet will have keys. Look at Backup for instructions.

Bitcoin key (on-chain)

A wallet and lightning node usually hold bitcoins to open channels. If you backup this key you can get your on-chain balance back.

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Alert! Be careful!
The mnemonic seed is NOT enough to recover funds from channels if something goes horribly wrong, you’ll need the latest chan state.

Seed

The seed is the basis for your key. Using the seed you can recover your key.

Backup

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