eltoo: A Simplified update Mechanism for Lightning and Off-Chain Contracts



Summary:

In this context, Jim Posen is discussing the accumulation of timeout delays in Lightning Network. He argues that regardless of the overall route and the maximum CSV on it, the delta for each hop has to be greater than the CSV delay on the update transaction. Consequently, each node just cares about closing 288 blocks before the CLTV expires, not that its delta w.r.t. to the downstream channel is that far in the future.


Updated on: 2023-06-13T01:40:04.792958+00:00