LND Channel Rebalancing -- Keep Liquidity Balanced

Why Rebalance?

Channels become unbalanced over time. Rebalancing restores bidirectional flow.

Option 1: bos rebalance

bos rebalance --out PEER1_PUBKEY --in PEER2_PUBKEY --amount 100000 --max-fee-rate 500

Option 2: Circular Payment via lncli

lncli sendpayment --dest YOUR_PUBKEY --amt 100000 --outgoing_chan_id CHAN_ID --last_hop PEER_PUBKEY

Option 3: Lightning Loop Out

loop out --amt 500000 --addr YOUR_ONCHAIN_ADDR

Check Channel Balance

lncli listchannels | python3 -c "import json,sys; [print(c['peer_alias'], c['local_balance'], c['remote_balance']) for c in json.load(sys.stdin)['channels']]"

Key Tips

Always set max-fee-rate lower than your routing income. Rebalance during low-fee periods. Use autopilot to automate channel management.