Channel open without user interaction

[deafboy]

Shortly after receiving some on-chain funds, a new channel has been opened without user interaction.

The transaction log looks pretty scary too, there is no indication how the coins disappeared and why.

[hsjoberg]

Hi @deafboy, thank you for opening this issue. When on-chain funds are received, they will automatically be used to open a channel. Previously the node to open a channel towards was semi-random based on node scoring. This has been changed to always a channel towards Blixt project's official node. This "autopilot" channel opening mode can be disabled in Settings, under "Lightning Network" -> "Automatically open channels".

Perhaps the on-boarding process should be more clear on what's going on.

Mid/long-term plans are to scrap the autopilot mode and prompt the user for channel openings instead.

Regarding the on-chain transaction log, more metadata for the transactions will hopefully be addressed by #280

[deafboy]

I think I've caused this situation by depositing funds before doing the backup procedure, which ends with a quick settings screen where automatic channel opening can be disabled. From the UX point of view, the quick settings screen should be displayed before the user is allowed to deposit funds.