Until you close a lightning channel, the balance between you and your channel partner is private information.
When you close the channel, the funds need to be split between two addresses. So at that point it is known on the public Blockchain what the split was... 50/50, 20/80, 90/10 etc.
Big Barry Bitcoin
npub1pk…tpxa6
2025-02-06 21:26:38
in reply to nevent1q…7sua
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npub1pktmatjk0l8vn3jhfuwxaasjd65kn4ye9sce3egup7k993f8fg2q5tpxa6Published at
2025-02-06 21:26:38Event JSON
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