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6969[ grpc-web ] : https://github.com/grpc/grpc-web
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72+ ## Payments
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74+ ### Why am I getting a warning about fee budgets?
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76+ When you make a payment on the Lightning Network using Greenlight, the
77+ payment often needs to be routed through several other nodes in the
78+ network to reach the recipient. These intermediate nodes facilitating
79+ the payment charge a small fee for their service.
80+
81+ Lightning Network fees consist of two parts:
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83+ - A base fee: A small fixed amount charged per forwarded payment.
84+ - A proportional fee: A percentage of the payment amount.
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86+ These fees are added on top of the amount you wish to send. If the
87+ value of your payment is very close to your total available balance in
88+ your Greenlight node, there might not be enough remaining funds to
89+ cover the fees charged by all the nodes along the payment path. In
90+ such cases, even though Greenlight will attempt to send the payment,
91+ it is highly likely to fail because the total amount required
92+ (payment + fees) exceeds your available funds.
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94+ For situations where you need to move your entire balance, dedicated
95+ draining mechanisms exist, such as swapping funds out to an on-chain
96+ Bitcoin wallet. These methods are designed to transfer the entire
97+ available amount and handle the associated fees differently, typically
98+ deducting them from the total amount being moved rather than requiring
99+ them to be available beforehand as an extra buffer.
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