## chantools forceclose
Force-close the last state that is in the channel.db provided
### Synopsis
If you are certain that a node is offline for good (AFTER
you've tried SCB!) and a channel is still open, you can use this method to
force-close your latest state that you have in your channel.db.
**!!! WARNING !!! DANGER !!! WARNING !!!**
If you do this and the state that you publish is *not* the latest state, then
the remote node *could* punish you by taking the whole channel amount *if* they
come online before you can sweep the funds from the time locked (144 - 2000
blocks) transaction *or* they have a watch tower looking out for them.
**This should absolutely be the last resort and you have been warned!**
```
chantools forceclose [flags]
```
### Examples
```
chantools forceclose \
--fromsummary results/summary-xxxx-yyyy.json
--channeldb ~/.lnd/data/graph/mainnet/channel.db \
--publish
```
### Options
```
--apiurl string API URL to use (must be esplora compatible) (default "https://blockstream.info/api")
--bip39 read a classic BIP39 seed and passphrase from the terminal instead of asking for lnd seed format or providing the --rootkey flag
--channeldb string lnd channel.db file to use for force-closing channels
--fromchanneldb string channel input is in the format of an lnd channel.db file
--fromsummary string channel input is in the format of chantool's channel summary; specify '-' to read from stdin
-h, --help help for forceclose
--listchannels string channel input is in the format of lncli's listchannels format; specify '-' to read from stdin
--pendingchannels string channel input is in the format of lncli's pendingchannels format; specify '-' to read from stdin
--publish publish force-closing TX to the chain API instead of just printing the TX
--rootkey string BIP32 HD root key of the wallet to use for decrypting the backup; leave empty to prompt for lnd 24 word aezeed
--walletdb string read the seed/master root key to use fro decrypting the backup from an lnd wallet.db file instead of asking for a seed or providing the --rootkey flag
```
### Options inherited from parent commands
```
-r, --regtest Indicates if regtest parameters should be used
-s, --signet Indicates if the public signet parameters should be used
-t, --testnet Indicates if testnet parameters should be used
```
### SEE ALSO
* [chantools ](chantools.md ) - Chantools helps recover funds from lightning channels
