Add RPC to bump local commit fees #2743
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Node operators may disable automatic fee-bumping on their local commit if they don't have anything at stake (no pending HTLCs), which saves fees in most cases. A drawback in that case is that if the commitment doesn't confirm quickly enough, the remote's funds are also locked.
This can be an issue for LSPs, where the remote peer doesn't have a good ability to fee-bump commit txs. We give more control to the node operator by letting them fee-bump local commit txs explicitly through the RPC to unblock wallet users funds.