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Channel Closure & Force Close Watcher

A specialized alerting system for Lightning Network node operators. We monitor your channels 24/7, providing early warnings for potential force-closure scenarios to protect your capital and uptime.
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CORE SERVICE

Smart Contract Development

Secure, production-ready smart contracts built by Web3 experts for your token, DeFi, or NFT project.

We architect and deploy custom smart contracts that form the secure, immutable backbone of your Web3 application. Our development process is built on audited security patterns and battle-tested frameworks like OpenZeppelin to mitigate risk from day one.

We deliver contracts that are secure by design, not just by audit.

Our development scope includes:

  • Token Contracts: Custom ERC-20, ERC-721, and ERC-1155 implementations with tailored minting, vesting, and governance logic.
  • DeFi Protocols: Automated Market Makers (AMMs), staking pools, yield aggregators, and lending/borrowing systems.
  • Utility & Infrastructure: Multi-signature wallets, vesting schedules, and custom oracles for secure off-chain data.

Why partner with Chainscore?

  • Expertise: Our team has deployed 500+ contracts across EVM chains like Ethereum, Polygon, and Arbitrum.
  • Security-First: Every contract undergoes internal review and is prepared for third-party audits by firms like CertiK or Quantstamp.
  • Full Lifecycle Support: From initial design and development to mainnet deployment and ongoing maintenance.
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REAL-TIME SURVEILLANCE

Core Monitoring Capabilities

Our Channel Closure & Force Close Watcher provides enterprise-grade, 24/7 monitoring to protect your capital and ensure operational continuity. We deliver actionable intelligence, not just raw alerts.

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GUARANTEED PERFORMANCE

Operational Outcomes for Your Node

Our Channel Closure & Force Close Watcher delivers measurable improvements to your node's reliability and capital efficiency. These are the concrete results you can expect.

01

Zero Unnoticed Force Closes

We monitor your node's channels 24/7 for malicious or accidental force close attempts. Our system provides instant alerts, allowing you to intervene before funds are locked, preventing capital loss and ensuring you never miss a penalty.

100%
Detection Rate
< 60 sec
Alert Time
02

Optimized Capital Deployment

By automating the monitoring of cooperative and force closes, we free your team from manual oversight. This allows you to reallocate engineering resources to core product development and strategically redeploy capital from closed channels.

80%
Time Saved
Real-time
Capital Status
03

Enhanced Node Reputation & Uptime

Proactive closure management prevents your node from being marked as unreliable by the network. Maintain a 99.9%+ uptime SLA for routing and a pristine reputation score, which is critical for attracting high-volume channel partners and users.

99.9%
Uptime SLA
0
Unplanned Downtime
04

Reduced Operational Risk & Cost

Eliminate the financial risk of missed penalty transactions and the engineering cost of building, maintaining, and scaling an in-house monitoring solution. Our service provides enterprise-grade security and reliability at a predictable operational expense.

90%
Risk Reduction
Fixed Cost
Pricing Model
Infrastructure Decision Matrix

Build vs. Buy: Channel Monitoring

Compare the total cost, risk, and resource commitment of building a custom force close watcher versus using Chainscore's managed service.

FactorBuild In-HouseChainscore Managed Service

Time to Production

4-6 months

2-4 weeks

Initial Development Cost

$120K - $250K+

$15K - $50K

Annual Maintenance Cost

$80K - $150K (2 FTE)

$30K - $100K (SLA)

Security & Audit Overhead

High (Unaudited Risk)

Low (Pre-Audited System)

Monitoring Coverage

Single Chain / Region

Multi-Chain, Global

Alert Latency

Minutes to Hours

< 60 Seconds

Expertise Required

Senior Protocol Devs + DevOps

Managed by Chainscore

Integration Complexity

High (Custom RPC, Indexing)

Low (API / Webhook)

Uptime SLA

Your Responsibility

99.9% Guaranteed

Total Cost of Ownership (Year 1)

$200K - $400K+

$45K - $150K

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DEPLOY WITH CONFIDENCE

Our Implementation Process

We deliver a production-ready Channel Closure & Force Close Watcher in weeks, not months. Our battle-tested process ensures robust monitoring from day one, minimizing your operational risk and engineering overhead.

01

Architecture & Integration Review

We analyze your node setup, network topology, and existing monitoring stack. We design a custom integration plan to ensure seamless data ingestion from your Lightning Network nodes (LND, Core Lightning, Eclair) without disrupting operations.

1-2 days
Design Sprint
Zero Downtime
Integration Guarantee
02

Custom Watcher Deployment

Our team deploys the Force Close Watcher agents to your infrastructure. We configure real-time alerts for channel closure attempts, funding transaction spends, and on-chain penalty transaction monitoring, tailored to your risk thresholds.

< 48 hours
Agent Deployment
Multi-Node
Support
03

Alert & Dashboard Configuration

We set up your dedicated monitoring dashboard and configure alerting channels (Slack, Telegram, PagerDuty, Email). You gain instant visibility into channel states, closure attempts, and potential loss events with actionable data.

Sub-Second
Alert Latency
5+ Channels
Alert Integration
04

Security Audit & Handover

Every deployment undergoes a final security review against common attack vectors. We provide comprehensive documentation, runbooks for incident response, and knowledge transfer to your team, ensuring full operational ownership.

Full Audit
Security Review
24/7
Initial Support
Implementation & Operations

Channel Closure Watcher: Technical FAQs

Common technical and operational questions from CTOs and engineering leads evaluating our Force Close monitoring infrastructure.

Standard deployment for the Channel Closure Watcher service takes 2-3 weeks from kickoff to production. This includes environment setup, integration with your node infrastructure, configuration of alerting rules, and a 5-day monitoring validation period. Complex multi-chain deployments or custom logic extensions may extend this to 4-5 weeks.

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Our experts will offer a free quote and a 30min call to discuss your project.

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24h Response
Directly to Engineering Team
10+
Protocols Shipped
$20M+
TVL Overall
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