Difference between revisions of "Wumbo"

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=Enable Wumbo channels on LND=
=Enable Wumbo channels on LND=


Under the '''Application Options''' block in your config, add:
You need to run at least 0.11 RC. Under the '''Application Options''' block in your config, add:


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Latest revision as of 07:18, 4 August 2020

“Wumbology, the study of ‘wumbo’. It’s first grade, Spongebob!”

Wumbo is the change, which once implemented would lift the hard-coded limit on how much money can be locked up in a lightning channel at a given time. As of Jan 2019 this is limited to a value roughly corresponding to US$ 600. The name Wumbo was chosen in November 2018 at a "summit" in Adelaide, Australia, where Lightning’s top developers gathered.

Enable Wumbo channels on LND

You need to run at least 0.11 RC. Under the Application Options block in your config, add:

protocol.wumbo-channels=1

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