Routing should favor channels that have not met their reserve

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Issue type
Feature
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Needs clarification
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Stale
Tech stack
python
Domain
networking, payments

Research direction

The issue names no files, tests, or entry points. Start by locating Electrum’s channel-routing implementation and its existing tests, then determine how channel reserves are represented and verify that routing favors channels that have not met their reserve.

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Channels funded by us that never sent any funds are somewhat unsafe, because the other party has no incentive to force close if we lose our data. Routing should favor paths using channels that have not met their reserve.

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