spliceout -- Command to splice funds out of a channel

SYNOPSIS

spliceout channel amount [destination] [force_feerate]

DESCRIPTION

Command added in v26.04.

spliceout is the command to move funds into a channel.

channel (string): channel identifier or channel query. Format is the same as is used in dev-splice.
amount (string): Amount in satoshis taken from the channel. Format is the same as is used in dev-splice.
destination (string, optional): Where to send the funds to. Defaults to wallet which sends the funds to your onchain wallet. Specify a bitcoin address to send funds to that address or specify a channel identifier to send funds to another channel. Format is the same as is used in dev-splice.
force_feerate (boolean, optional): By default splices will fail if the fee provided looks too high. This is to protect against accidentally setting your fee higher than intended. Set force_feerate to true to skip this saftey check

RETURN VALUE

On success, an object is returned, containing:

psbt (string, optional): The final psbt
tx (string, optional): The final transaction in hex
txid (string, optional): The txid of the final transaction

AUTHOR

Dusty @dusty_daemon is mainly responsible.

SEE ALSO

lightning-dev-splice(7)

RESOURCES

Main web site: https://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning

USAGE

spliceout is the command take funds from a channel. It takes amount funds from the specified channel and puts them somewhere.

The default destination is your onchain wallet. By specifying the destination as a bitcoin address, the funds will be sent to the specified address By specifying the destination as a channel identifier, the funds will be sent to the specified channel. This accomplishes a simple "cross-splice".

The fee for the transaction will be taken from channel funds.