Author: Johan Torås Halseth 2018-01-12 12:41:09
Published on: 2018-01-12T12:41:09+00:00
In an email exchange, Johan and Pierre discuss a corner case in which a node may fail the channel due to insufficient fees. Pierre notes that this situation is similar to a race condition described in BOLT 2 and specifies that it may be appropriate to fail the channel if the fundee would end up with all funds in an unpublishable transaction. Johan agrees and adds that these cases are unlikely to occur with the right choice of parameters. They conclude that it is less error-prone to fail the channel instead of trying to recover from it. The links provided in the email include BOLT 2 and BOLT 3, which specify how to handle these situations, as well as the Lightning Network RFCs.
Updated on: 2023-05-24T18:28:50.329609+00:00