Simple taproot channels - when to use? #3006
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Can see that there is option for the channel to be opened as Simple taproot channel. But is it already a safe option? Mean by this, if just decide to open such channel - should more research be considered on the node I'm planning to open with them compared to default option? What should search for? In my case don't have my own LN node so will use some well connected public node. So far have read the Bitcoin Optech and honestly I'm not much smarter. In Issues there is nothing so far - but that tells me either it's safe or it's not in use much, the latter may be right. Thank you for any info or experience. |
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Before Chantools 13.1 was impossible to recover a zombie taproot channel because the code wasn't ready for it. From now on I would use only Simple Taproot Channels option. |
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I'm getting a lot of 'requested channel type not supported' - so it's not yet mainstream. Is there a way how could be nodes, with possibility of this channel being opened to them, listed? |
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As a general rule, mainly LND nodes are more into STC (simple taproot channels). For LND node runners must add this line in their lnd.conf file to "announce" the support for STC |
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Before Chantools 13.1 was impossible to recover a zombie taproot channel because the code wasn't ready for it.
https://github.com/lightninglabs/chantools/releases/tag/v0.13.2
After that things changed and we can say that is quite "safe" to use taproot channels. I think this was the only "restriction" to not use taproot channel yet (chantools is also implemented into Zeus and already reached the v13.7).
From now on I would use only Simple Taproot Channels option.