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Sovereign Bear | 14 days ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 It was my experience. Having to load a million sats min per channel with the risk of losing it wasn't for me.
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S!ayer | 14 days ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Did you ever open a channel? What happens to the so called missing sats?
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Owner_of_donky | 14 days ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 I did. I've lost ~$15. I think I could recover them but not 100% sure.
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Logen | 14 days ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 The only reason sats would go missing is if the other party force closes the channel.. and the fees are too high for the channel to close. It will close eventually. The channel must “clear” on-chain in order for the funds to be retrieved. 

Personally, I have been running a note for three years and I have never had someone force close a channel on me. And I make sure to open my channels with higher fees so that in case they close.  (either on purpose or on accident.) then my channel can still clear on chain.