Jul 21, 2017 · 1 min read
Great question!
The LN payment request format allows for fallback on-chain addresses for this specific use case. Neither starblocks nor eclair wallet support this feature yet, but we definitely will in the future.
We don’t plan open channels on behalf of the user, because it implies spending money on the on-chain funding tx, and you need a few blocks before the channel is usable anyway.
