SweetSats on Nostr: If the other peer was offline then your only choice is to force-close the channel, ...
If the other peer was offline then your only choice is to force-close the channel, which typically incurs much higher on-chain fees than cooperative closures. This is just the nature of the network, not a penalty but a reality. One of the reasons that small channels are not economically viable on LN, costs > benefits.
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