core-lightning/doc/lightning-fundchannel_start.7
Rusty Russell 4683d096dd doc: feerate is not obvious, refer to fundchannel documentation:
It has a whole *two paragraphs* on it:

*feerate* is an optional feerate used for the opening transaction and as
initial feerate for commitment and HTLC transactions. It can be one of
the strings *urgent* (aim for next block), *normal* (next 4 blocks or
so) or *slow* (next 100 blocks or so) to use lightningd’s internal
estimates: *normal* is the default.

Otherwise, *feerate* is a number, with an optional suffix: *perkw* means
the number is interpreted as satoshi-per-kilosipa (weight), and *perkb*
means it is interpreted bitcoind-style as satoshi-per-kilobyte. Omitting
the suffix is equivalent to *perkb*.

Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
2019-12-04 08:35:50 -06:00

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.TH "LIGHTNING-FUNDCHANNEL_START" "7" "" "" "lightning-fundchannel_start"
.SH NAME
lightning-fundchannel_start - Command for initiating channel establishment for a lightning channel
.SH SYNOPSIS
\fBfundchannel_start\fR \fIid\fR \fIamount\fR [\fIfeerate\fR \fIannounce\fR \fIclose_to\fR]
.SH DESCRIPTION
\fBfundchannel_start\fR is a lower level RPC command\. It allows a user to
initiate channel establishment with a connected peer\.
\fIid\fR is the node id of the remote peer\.
\fIamount\fR is the satoshi value that the channel will be funded at\. This
value MUST be accurate, otherwise the negotiated commitment transactions
will not encompass the correct channel value\.
\fIfeerate\fR is an optional field\. Sets the feerate for subsequent
commitment transactions: see \fBfundchannel\fR\.
\fIannounce\fR whether or not to announce this channel\.
\fIclose_to\fR is a Bitcoin address to which the channel funds should be sent to
on close\. Only valid if both peers have negotiated \fBoption_upfront_shutdown_script\fR\.
Returns \fBclose_to\fR set to closing script iff is negotiated\.
Note that the funding transaction MUST NOT be broadcast until after
channel establishment has been successfully completed by running
\fBfundchannel_complete\fR, as the commitment transactions for this channel
are not secured until the complete command succeeds\. Broadcasting
transaction before that can lead to unrecoverable loss of funds\.
.SH RETURN VALUE
On success, returns the \fIfunding_address\fR and the \fIscriptpubkey\fR for the channel funding output\.
If a \fBclose_to\fR address was provided, will close to this address iff the \fBclose_to\fR address is
returned in the response\. Otherwise, the peer does not support \fBoption_upfront_shutdownscript\fR\.
On failure, returns an error\.
.SH AUTHOR
Lisa Neigut \fI<niftynei@gmail.com\fR> is mainly responsible\.
.SH SEE ALSO
\fBlightning-connect\fR(7), \fBlightning-fundchannel\fR(7),
lightning-fundchannel_\fBcomplete\fR(7), lightning-fundchannel_\fBcancel\fR(7)
.SH RESOURCES
Main web site: \fIhttps://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning\fR