Hi Laolu and Fabrice,
> I think HORNET would address this rather nicely!
HORNET sounds awesome, but does it really address the specific issue
Fabrice is describing though? IIUC, HORNET would operate at a lower
layer and it could be possible to have a valid circuit and still
indefinitely waiting f
Hi Fabrice,
I think HORNET would address this rather nicely!
During the set up phase (which uses Sphinx), the sender is able to get a
sense
of if the route is actually "lively" or not, as the circuit can't be
finalized
if all the nodes aren't available. Additionally, during the set up phase,
the
Context
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Sent payments that remain pending, i.e. payments which have not yet
been failed or fulfilled, are currently a major UX challenge for LN
and a common source of complaints from end-users.
Why payments are not fulfilled quickly is not always easy to
investigate, but we've seen problems