rkfg on Nostr: Eldorado just fucking collapsed: ...

Eldorado just fucking collapsed: https://amboss.space/node/02e20cd7de8385128138b82b8364693a66766b8fc60c00aaec0dcf0f92a0435490 from my logs they probably restored an outdated backup and all channels were force closed because the height on their side was lower than on the peer side, a few hundred updates off but not 0 (which usually indicates channel recovery request). But what's even worse is that they had one penalty tx: https://amboss.space/edge/730479x1934x1 3M sats just found a new home, whoosh!

Poor node, but a good lesson for everyone: don't backup your channel database, make a static backup instead. If you lose your state you _have_ to force close _all_ channels (or, to be precise, ask your peers to do so), there's no other way. It's cheaper than losing everything to penalties.