nmfretz on Nostr: Hey, sorry for the confusion Preston. The "recovery" terminology in LND is a bit ...
Hey, sorry for the confusion Preston. The "recovery" terminology in LND is a bit confusing, and perhaps we need to do a better job of describing what is happening in our Lightning Node app.
When you "recover your channels", what this does is **recover your channel balances on-chain**. Channel recovery is meant to be used in a disaster scenario where your Lightning node goes down permanently and you have no way to close your open channels.
So what happened is that:
- you entered the mnemonic from your old node, which restored your on-chain funds (aezeed wallet).
- Then when you used your encrypted channel backup file, what this did was cause peers to force close their open channels with you, which returns your channel funds to your on-chain wallet.
Detailed explanation of channel recovery: https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/blob/master/docs/recovery.md#off-chain-recovery
Does your balance line up correctly with this in mind?
When you "recover your channels", what this does is **recover your channel balances on-chain**. Channel recovery is meant to be used in a disaster scenario where your Lightning node goes down permanently and you have no way to close your open channels.
So what happened is that:
- you entered the mnemonic from your old node, which restored your on-chain funds (aezeed wallet).
- Then when you used your encrypted channel backup file, what this did was cause peers to force close their open channels with you, which returns your channel funds to your on-chain wallet.
Detailed explanation of channel recovery: https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/blob/master/docs/recovery.md#off-chain-recovery
Does your balance line up correctly with this in mind?