Author: Rusty Russell 2015-06-27 06:41:04
Published on: 2015-06-27T06:41:04+00:00
In a discussion about the security of the Lightning Network, Rusty Russell responds to Stephen's question regarding what would happen if a payment channel becomes unresponsive mid-payment. Specifically, Stephen asks if someone could reroute their payment to avoid delays but then have the original non-responsive party reveal the pre-image to someone else and effectively steal an extra 0.01 BTC. Rusty confirms that this is a possibility and suggests that delaying the entire payment is not a good option.
Updated on: 2023-05-23T17:53:34.131195+00:00