Bi-directional or uni-directional?

Author: Rusty Russell 2017-11-21 03:05:11
Published on: 2017-11-21T03:05:11+00:00

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Summary:

A developer named Alan Carbery asked a question about Lightning's bi-directional channels. He was curious if the protocol is uni-directional only, based on the draft RFC. Rusty Russell responded to his query saying that Lightning's channels are actually bidirectional. However, each side of the channel sends a batch of updates followed by a commitment, and then the other side replies with an acknowledgement. Both sides operate independently in this process.

Updated on: 2023-05-24T03:17:44.772432+00:00