<p>Yes there is. The place where the protol is documented are the BOLTs. What you are asking for is for example documented in the  <code>open_channel</code> message in BOLT 2: <a href="https://github.com/lightning/bolts/blob/master/02-peer-protocol.md#the-open_channel-message" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://github.com/lightning/bolts/blob/master/02-peer-protocol.md#the-open_channel-message</a></p>
<p>There you can find the field <code>to_self_delay</code> in which the initiating node of the channel defines its delay in blocks. On a implementation level the value of this field can be configured by the users</p>

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<p>Is there a time delay for the person who initiated the channel to refund the transaction? If so where is this information documented (authoritative source)?</p>

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# Lightning Network Refund transaction time delay

(Asked by: username_0 on 2021-12-31)

Is there a time delay for the person who initiated the channel to refund the transaction? If so where is this information documented (authoritative source)?

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### Answer by username_1 on 2021-12-31. Score: 1

Yes there is. The place where the protol is documented are the BOLTs. What you are asking for is for example documented in the `open_channel` message in BOLT 2: <https://github.com/lightning/bolts/blob/master/02-peer-protocol.md#the-open_channel-message>

There you can find the field `to_self_delay` in which the initiating node of the channel defines its delay in blocks. On a implementation level the value of this field can be configured by the users


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