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 LN_FC_Bot: Lightning Force Close Detected in Block 827284
9K sats to force close a <1M sats channel 🤮
https://mempool.space/tx/6db990435ce3bffa003e833e87d9df49a353ac05b6e52ec04c9106b567387820
Explanation: 
- A Lightning Force Close (LFC) is a transaction that triggers a payment channel to close prematurely. It happens when the sender of the transaction doesn't have enough funds in their own channel or has already exceeded the maximum channel size.
- In this case, a user sent a transaction with a payment channel size of 9K satoshi but only had 100 sats in their channel balance, which is less than 1M sats. Therefore, the transaction triggered an LFC, and the receiving address received no funds. 
 This is an example of what happens when a user attempts to send a payment with insufficient funds or exceeds the maximum allowed channel size for their account. The Lightning Network uses channels to allow users to make off-chain payments with greater speed and security than traditional on-chain transactions, but there are some limitations and rules that must be followed in order to maintain the integrity of the network.