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MiltonPusser at 16:20, 27 February 2019

2019-02-27T16:20:37Z

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	{{ALERT\|The mnemonic seed is NOT enough to recover funds from channels if something goes horribly wrong, you’ll need the latest chan state.}}		{{ALERT\|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 =		= Backup =
	[[Backup]]		[[Backup]]

MiltonPusser at 16:15, 27 February 2019

2019-02-27T16:15:40Z

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	{{ALERT\|The mnemonic seed is NOT enough to recover funds from channels if something goes horribly wrong, you’ll need the latest chan state.}}		{{ALERT\|The mnemonic seed is NOT enough to recover funds from channels if something goes horribly wrong, you’ll need the latest chan state.}}

			= Backup =
			[[Backup]]

MiltonPusser at 16:15, 27 February 2019

2019-02-27T16:15:29Z

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

	~~Making backups is not easy. Probably just take your wallet-file... See [https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/issues/732 github for more info].~~		{{ALERT\|The mnemonic seed is NOT enough to recover funds from channels if something goes horribly wrong, you’ll need the latest chan state.}}

	~~If you’re putting a lot of money on your Lightning routing node, please use a reliable hard drives (with mirroring).~~

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

	~~= Data Loss Protection =~~
	~~[[Data loss protection]]~~

	~~= Channel information =~~
	~~== LND ==~~
	~~Tip for now, just backup the whole ~/.lnd directory.~~
	~~{{TODO\|Write how to backup lnd~~}}

	~~There is work underway to make backup better in 6.0: https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/pull/1364~~

	~~= Commitment revocation private key =~~
	Every commitment transaction has a unique commitment revocation private-key value that allows the other peer to spend all outputs immediately: revealing this key is how old commitment transactions are revoked. To support revocation, each output of the commitment transaction refers to the commitment revocation public key.

MiltonPusser: MiltonPusser moved page Keys and backups to Keys over redirect

2019-02-27T16:14:42Z

MiltonPusser moved page Keys and backups to Keys over redirect

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MiltonPusser at 16:10, 27 February 2019

2019-02-27T16:10:44Z

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

			= Data Loss Protection =
			[[Data loss protection]]

	= Channel information =		= Channel information =

MiltonPusser at 15:14, 20 February 2019

2019-02-20T15:14:50Z

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	Making backups is not easy. Probably just take your wallet-file... See [https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/issues/732 github for more info].		Making backups is not easy. Probably just take your wallet-file... See [https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/issues/732 github for more info].
	~~{{TODO\|Write how~~ to ~~do Bitcoin backups}}~~
			If you’re putting a lot of money on your Lightning routing node, please use a reliable hard drives (with mirroring).

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

	= Channel information =		= Channel information =

MiltonPusser at 06:26, 13 February 2019

2019-02-13T06:26:40Z

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	Tip for now, just backup the whole ~/.lnd directory.		Tip for now, just backup the whole ~/.lnd directory.
	{{TODO\|Write how to backup lnd}}		{{TODO\|Write how to backup lnd}}

			There is work underway to make backup better in 6.0: https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/pull/1364

	= Commitment revocation private key =		= Commitment revocation private key =
	Every commitment transaction has a unique commitment revocation private-key value that allows the other peer to spend all outputs immediately: revealing this key is how old commitment transactions are revoked. To support revocation, each output of the commitment transaction refers to the commitment revocation public key.		Every commitment transaction has a unique commitment revocation private-key value that allows the other peer to spend all outputs immediately: revealing this key is how old commitment transactions are revoked. To support revocation, each output of the commitment transaction refers to the commitment revocation public key.

2001:620:20D0:0:0:0:0:24: typo

2019-01-30T17:37:11Z

typo

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	= Channel information =		= Channel information =
	== LND ==		== LND ==
	Tip for now, just backup the ~~while~~ ~/.lnd directory.		Tip for now, just backup the whole ~/.lnd directory.
	{{TODO\|Write how to backup lnd}}		{{TODO\|Write how to backup lnd}}

	= Commitment revocation private key =		= Commitment revocation private key =
	Every commitment transaction has a unique commitment revocation private-key value that allows the other peer to spend all outputs immediately: revealing this key is how old commitment transactions are revoked. To support revocation, each output of the commitment transaction refers to the commitment revocation public key.		Every commitment transaction has a unique commitment revocation private-key value that allows the other peer to spend all outputs immediately: revealing this key is how old commitment transactions are revoked. To support revocation, each output of the commitment transaction refers to the commitment revocation public key.

MiltonPusser at 11:09, 17 January 2019

2019-01-17T11:09:45Z

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	= Bitcoin key (on-chain) =		= Bitcoin key (on-chain) =
	A [[Wallet\|wallet]] and [[Node\|lightning node]] usually hold bitcoins to open channels. If you backup this key you can get your on-chain balance back.		A [[Wallet\|wallet]] and [[Node\|lightning node]] usually hold bitcoins to open channels. If you backup this key you can get your on-chain balance back.

			Making backups is not easy. Probably just take your wallet-file... See [https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/issues/732 github for more info].
			{{TODO\|Write how to do Bitcoin backups}}

	= Channel information =		= Channel information =

MiltonPusser at 11:07, 17 January 2019

2019-01-17T11:07:13Z

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

	= Channel information ~~and backup~~ =		= Channel information =
	== LND ==		== LND ==
	Tip for now, just backup the while ~/.lnd directory.		Tip for now, just backup the while ~/.lnd directory.