lightning-splice\_init -- Command to initiate a channel to a peer
=====================================================================

SYNOPSIS
--------
**(WARNING: experimental-splicing only)**

**splice\_init** *channel\_id* *relative\_amount* [*initalpsbt*] [*feerate\_per\_kw*] [*force\_feerate*]

DESCRIPTION
-----------

`splice_init` is a low level RPC command which initiates a channel splice for a
given channel specified by `channel_id`.

*channel\_id* is the channel id of the channel to be spliced.

*relative\_amount* is a positive or negative amount of satoshis to add or
subtract from the channel.

*initalpsbt* is the (optional) base 64 encoded PSBT to begin with. If not
specified, one will be generated automatically.

*feerate\_per\_kw* is the miner fee we promise our peer to pay for our side of
the splice transaction. It is calculated by `feerate_per_kw` *
our\_bytes\_in\_splice\_tx / 1000.

*force\_feerate* is a boolean flag. 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.

Note you may need to add a double dash (\-\-) after splice\_init if using a negative
*relative\_amount* so it is not interpretted as a command modifier. For example:
```shell
lightning-cli splice_init -- $CHANNEL_ID -100000
```

Here is an example set of splice commands that will splice in 100,000 sats to
the first channel that comes out of `listpeerchannels`. The example assumes
you already have at least one confirmed channel.

```shell
RESULT=$(lightning-cli listpeerchannels);
CHANNEL_ID=$(echo $RESULT| jq -r ".channels[0].channel_id");
echo $RESULT;

RESULT=$(lightning-cli fundpsbt -k satoshi=100000sat feerate=urgent startweight=800 excess_as_change=true);
INITIALPSBT=$(echo $RESULT | jq -r ".psbt");
echo $RESULT;

RESULT=$(lightning-cli splice_init $CHANNEL_ID 100000 $INITIALPSBT);
PSBT=$(echo $RESULT | jq -r ".psbt");
echo $RESULT;

RESULT=$(lightning-cli splice_update $CHANNEL_ID $PSBT);
PSBT=$(echo $RESULT | jq -r ".psbt");
echo $RESULT;

RESULT=$(lightning-cli signpsbt -k psbt="$PSBT");
PSBT=$(echo $RESULT | jq -r ".signed_psbt");
echo $RESULT;

lightning-cli splice_signed $CHANNEL_ID $PSBT
```

Here is an example set of splice commands that will splice out 100,000 sats from
 first channel that comes out of `listpeerchannels`. The example assumes
you already have at least one confirmed channel.

```shell
RESULT=$(lightning-cli listpeerchannels);
CHANNEL_ID=$(echo $RESULT| jq -r ".channels[0].channel_id");
echo $RESULT;

RESULT=$(lightning-cli addpsbtoutput 100000);
INITIALPSBT=$(echo $RESULT | jq -r ".psbt");
echo $RESULT;

RESULT=$(lightning-cli splice_init -- $CHANNEL_ID -100500 $INITIALPSBT);
PSBT=$(echo $RESULT | jq -r ".psbt");
echo $RESULT;

RESULT=$(lightning-cli splice_update $CHANNEL_ID $PSBT);
PSBT=$(echo $RESULT | jq -r ".psbt");
echo $RESULT;

lightning-cli splice_signed $CHANNEL_ID $PSBT
```

RETURN VALUE
------------

[comment]: # (GENERATE-FROM-SCHEMA-START)
On success, an object is returned, containing:

- **psbt** (string): the (incomplete) PSBT of the splice transaction

[comment]: # (GENERATE-FROM-SCHEMA-END)

SEE ALSO
--------

AUTHOR
------

@dusty\_daemon

RESOURCES
---------

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

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