That just means they are not responding. It requires a signature so the user would behave as if the ARK has disappeared and just broadcast the transaction to get their coins AFAIK
Okay, so nostr:npub1h8nk2346qezka5cpm8jjh3yl5j88pf4ly2ptu7s6uu55wcfqy0wq36rpev, what's to stop an ARK service provider from simply "not seeing" a client connect for the 2 week period and yoinking the coins? It it just the "threat" (possibility) of unilateral close in the meantime & a bad reputation?
Is a unilateral close always attempted around the end of a 2week period by clients if the ARK provider is offline?
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And the unilateral close is valid after 24 hours from the docs I was reading. So the user has a shorter wait than the Ark does in regard to getting back their funds as I understand it.
Lots of weird edge cases to think about here it seems..
Going on a two week stretch without a device phoning home shouldn't cost me an on chain transaction.