[Lightning-dev] Network probes

2019-01-18 Thread Andrea RASPITZU
Good morning list, I know there have been discussion around how (and if) we should probe the network to check for the liveliness of a path before sending out the payment. Currently we issue a payment with a random payment_hash that is not redeemable by anyone, if the destination (and the path) is

Re: [Lightning-dev] Network probes

2019-01-18 Thread Olaoluwa Osuntokun
Hi Andrea, > This saves the receiving node from doing a database lookup Nodes can and eventually should start using bloom filters to avoid most database lookups for incoming payment hashes. The false positive rate can be set to a very low value as the bloom filter doesn't need to transmitted, and

Re: [Lightning-dev] lnurl to enable payer/payee interactions

2019-01-18 Thread ZmnSCPxj via Lightning-dev
Hi Anton, I believe all of these will be implemented at some point "soon" within BOLT rather than as a separate HTTP request. 1. Incoming payment channel request. At some point after implementing dual-funded channels we will also support advertising of liquidity providers. Such liquidity prov