According to CryptoSlate, citing a preprint published by Saurabh Kumar on November 12, the median combined fee for both parties per channel in the sampled public forced channel closures for 2026 was 925 satoshis. The median waiting period for the initiator's own balance to become withdrawable was 2.5 days. The fee sample for that year is based on 14,435 public forced closures as of October 4. The end point of the waiting period refers to when the balance becomes eligible for withdrawal; it does not guarantee that funds have arrived by that time, nor does it represent the processing time for regular Lightning payments.