Comment by Pretagonist on 03/01/2018 at 19:15 UTC

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No. Channel balancing is still close to a zero sum game. You could have an allowed pot of fee money that the node can use that has to be topped up manually.

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Comment by tripledogdareya at 03/01/2018 at 19:22 UTC

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Rebalancing requires routing transactions through other nodes, subject to fees. If the wallet is unable to assess the route selected, a compromised node could be made to select attacker-controlled, high-fee routes as a means of extracting funds.