Re: [Lightning-dev] `htlc_maximum_msat` as a valve for flow control on the Lightning Network

2022-09-26 Thread ZmnSCPxj via Lightning-dev
Good morning aj, > > Basically, the intuition "small decrease in `htlc_max_msat` == small > > decrease in payment volume" inherently assumes that HTLC sizes have a flat > > distribution across all possible sizes. > > > The intuition is really the other way around: if you want a stable, >

Re: [Lightning-dev] `htlc_maximum_msat` as a valve for flow control on the Lightning Network

2022-09-26 Thread Anthony Towns
On Mon, Sep 26, 2022 at 01:26:57AM +, ZmnSCPxj via Lightning-dev wrote: > > > * you're providing a way of throttling payment traffic independent of > > > fees -- since fees are competitive, they can have discontinuous effects > > > where a small change to fee can cause a large change to

Re: [Lightning-dev] Splice Pinning Prevention w/o Anchors

2022-09-26 Thread Greg Sanders
> I think this mitigation requires reliable access to the UTXO set In this case, how about just setting nsequence to the value 1? UTXO may not exist, but maybe that's ok since it means it cannot pin the commitment tx. > If this concern is correct, I'm not sure we have a current good solution,

Re: [Lightning-dev] Splice Pinning Prevention w/o Anchors

2022-09-26 Thread Antoine Riard
Hi Dustin, >From my understanding, splice pinning is problematic for channel funds safety. In the sense once you have a splice floating in network mempools and your latest valid commitment transaction pre-signed fees isn't enough to replace the splice, lack of confirmation might damage the claim