Thank you very much. These were very clarifying answers and ramblings.
On Monday, August 5, 2019, ZmnSCPxj wrote:
> Good morning fiatjaf,
>
>> No. My question was more like why does Alice decide to build a route
that for through T1 and RT2 and not only through one trampoline router she
knows.
>
Good morning fiatjaf,
> No. My question was more like why does Alice decide to build a route that for
> through T1 and RT2 and not only through one trampoline router she knows.
If Alice only always used one trampoline node, then the trampoline node can
assume the next hop is always the payee,
>
> Anyway, I'm probably missing something, but another way of putting my
> question would be: why does your example use 2 trampolines instead of 1?
Because I wanted to show the generality of the scheme: the number of
trampoline hops is entirely Alice's choice.
If Alice only cares about
No. My question was more like why does Alice decide to build a route that
for through T1 and RT2 and not only through one trampoline router she knows.
That makes sense you me in the context of ZmnSCPxj's virtual space idea,
but not necessarily in the current network conditions. You also said
Good morning fiatjaf,
This is a good question, I'm glad you asked.
As ZmnSCPxj points out, Alice doesn't know. By not syncing the full network
graph, Alice has to accept
"being in the dark" for some decisions. She is merely hoping that RT2 *can
find a route* to Bob. Note that
it's quite easy to