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lightning-fundchannel -- Command for establishing a lightning channel
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SYNOPSIS
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**fundchannel** *id* *amount* \[*feerate* *announce*\] \[*minconf*\]
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\[*utxos*\] \[*push_msat*\]
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DESCRIPTION
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The **fundchannel** RPC command opens a payment channel with a peer by
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committing a funding transaction to the blockchain as defined in BOLT
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\#2.
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If not already connected, **fundchannel** will automatically attempt
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to connect if C-lightning knows a way to contact the node (either from
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normal gossip, or from a previous **connect** call).
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This auto-connection can fail if C-lightning does not know how to contact
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the target node; see lightning-connect(7).
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Once the
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transaction is confirmed, normal channel operations may begin. Readiness
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is indicated by **listpeers** reporting a *state* of CHANNELD\_NORMAL
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for the channel.
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*id* is the peer id obtained from **connect**.
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*amount* is the amount in satoshis taken from the internal wallet to
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fund the channel. The string *all* can be used to specify all available
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funds (or 16777215 satoshi if more is available and large channels were not negotiated with the peer). Otherwise, it is in
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satoshi precision; it can be a whole number, a whole number ending in
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*sat*, a whole number ending in *000msat*, or a number with 1 to 8
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decimal places ending in *btc*. The value cannot be less than the dust
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limit, currently set to 546, nor more than 16777215 satoshi (unless large
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channels were negotiated with the peer).
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*feerate* is an optional feerate used for the opening transaction and as
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initial feerate for commitment and HTLC transactions. It can be one of
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the strings *urgent* (aim for next block), *normal* (next 4 blocks or
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so) or *slow* (next 100 blocks or so) to use lightningd’s internal
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estimates: *normal* is the default.
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Otherwise, *feerate* is a number, with an optional suffix: *perkw* means
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the number is interpreted as satoshi-per-kilosipa (weight), and *perkb*
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means it is interpreted bitcoind-style as satoshi-per-kilobyte. Omitting
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the suffix is equivalent to *perkb*.
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*announce* is an optional flag that triggers whether to announce this
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channel or not. Defaults to `true`. An unannounced channel is considered
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private.
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*minconf* specifies the minimum number of confirmations that used
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outputs should have. Default is 1.
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*utxos* specifies the utxos to be used to fund the channel, as an array
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of "txid:vout".
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*push_msat* is the amount of millisatoshis to push to the channel peer at
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open. Note that this is a gift to the peer -- these satoshis are
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added to the initial balance of the peer at channel start and are largely
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unrecoverable once pushed.
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RETURN VALUE
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------------
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On success, the *tx* and *txid* of the transaction is returned, as well
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as the *channel\_id* of the newly created channel. On failure, an error
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is reported and the channel is not funded.
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The following error codes may occur:
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- -1: Catchall nonspecific error.
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- 300: The maximum allowed funding amount is exceeded.
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- 301: There are not enough funds in the internal wallet (including fees) to create the transaction.
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- 302: The output amount is too small, and would be considered dust.
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- 303: Broadcasting of the funding transaction failed, the internal call to bitcoin-cli returned with an error.
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Failure may also occur if **lightningd** and the peer cannot agree on
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channel parameters (funding limits, channel reserves, fees, etc.).
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SEE ALSO
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--------
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lightning-connect(7), lightning-listfunds(), lightning-listpeers(7),
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lightning-feerates(7)
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RESOURCES
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---------
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Main web site: <https://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning>
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