<p>Only the parties in the channel need to keep track of what transactions happened in the channel; they are not broadcast publicly. They keep track of this by using a database local to the wallet only.</p>

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2018-02-23T04:59:34.500Z
2018-02-23T04:59:34.500Z
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<p>I would like to understand if there is a way to loose a transaction received over the payment channel.</p>

<p>What is a mechanism for keeping track of all the transactions occurred in a channel?</p>

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Lightning - a lost transaction
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# Lightning - a lost transaction

(Asked by: username_0 on 2018-02-20)

I would like to understand if there is a way to loose a transaction received over the payment channel.

What is a mechanism for keeping track of all the transactions occurred in a channel?

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2018-02-23. Score: 0 | Accepted answer

Only the parties in the channel need to keep track of what transactions happened in the channel; they are not broadcast publicly. They keep track of this by using a database local to the wallet only.


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