LND Channel Rebalancing -- Keep Liquidity Flowing

Channel rebalancing moves liquidity from outbound-heavy channels to inbound-heavy channels.

Method 1: bos rebalance

bos rebalance --amount 200000 --in PUBKEY_LOW_OUT --out PUBKEY_HIGH_OUT

Method 2: lndmanage

pip install lndmanage
lndmanage rebalance --chan-id CHANNEL_ID

Check Balances First

lncli listchannels | python3 -c "import json,sys; [print(c['remote_pubkey'][:20], c['local_balance'], c['remote_balance']) for c in json.load(sys.stdin)['channels']]"

Rebalancing Cost

You pay routing fees for circular rebalancing. Target channels with over 80% imbalance. Keep cost below expected routing revenue gain.

Common Errors

no route found: try smaller amounts or different pairs

fee too high: use --max-fee-rate flag to cap cost

insufficient funds: local balance already low on source channel