The \fBfundchannel\fR RPC command opens a payment channel with a peer by committing a funding transaction to the blockchain as defined in BOLT #2\&. \fBfundchannel\fR by itself does not attempt to open a connection\&. A connection must first be established using \fBconnect\fR\&. Once the transaction is confirmed, normal channel operations may begin\&. Readiness is indicated by \fBlistpeers\fR reporting a \fIstate\fR of CHANNELD_NORMAL for the channel\&.
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Otherwise, \fIfeerate\fR is a number, with an optional suffix: \fIperkw\fR means the number is interpreted as satoshi\-per\-kilosipa (weight), and \fIperkb\fR means it is interpreted bitcoind\-style as satoshi\-per\-kilobyte\&. Omitting the suffix is equivalent to \fIperkb\fR\&.
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\fIminconf\fR specifies the minimum number of confirmations that used outputs should have\&. Default is 1\&.
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\fIutxos\fR specifies the utxos to be used to fund the channel, as an array of "txid:vout"\&.
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On success, the \fItx\fR and \fItxid\fR of the transaction is returned, as well as the \fIchannel_id\fR of the newly created channel\&. On failure, an error is reported and the channel is not funded\&.