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This PR: - adds all the guides (in markdown format) that is published at https://docs.corelightning.org/docs - adds a github workflow to sync any future changes made to files inside the guides folder - does not include API reference (json-rpc commands). Those will be handled in a separate PR since they're used as manpages and will require a different github workflow Note that the guides do not exactly map to their related files in doc/, since we reorganized the overall documentation structure on readme for better readability and developer experience. For example, doc/FUZZING.md and doc/HACKING.md#Testing are merged into testing.md in the new docs. As on the creation date of this PR, content from each of the legacy documents has been synced with the new docs. Until this PR gets merged, I will continue to push any updates made to the legacy documents into the new docs. If this looks reasonable, I will add a separate PR to clean up the legacy documents from doc/ (or mark them deprecated) to avoid redundant upkeep and maintenance. Changelog-None
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| Watchtowers | watchtowers | Defend your node against breaches using a watchtower. | false | 2022-11-18T16:28:27.054Z | 2023-02-02T07:13:57.111Z |
The Lightning Network protocol assumes that a node is always online and synchronised with the network. Should your lightning node go offline for some time, it is possible that a node on the other side of your channel may attempt to force close the channel with an outdated state (also known as revoked commitment). This may allow them to steal funds from the channel that belonged to you.
A watchtower is a third-party service that you can hire to defend your node against such breaches, whether malicious or accidental, in the event that your node goes offline. It will watch for breaches on the blockchain and punish the malicious peer by relaying a penalty transaction on your behalf.
There are a number of watchtower services available today. One of them is the watchtower client plugin that works with the Eye of Satoshi tower (or any BOLT13 compliant watchtower).