2

There is a 2016 paper from Bitfury on a proposed routing algorithm for LN:

Flare: An Approach to Routing in Lightning Network

What is the relation between it and was was actually implemented (the primary reference being the BOLT specs)?

Improve this question
1
  • 1
    It was implemented by Bitfury and Acinq, but only for testing purposes, it never went to the production implementation.
    – Dmitry Laptev
    Mar 16, 2019 at 20:29

1 Answer 1

Reset to default
2

As far as I know flare was never implemented for lightning nodes and is not being used. I think current implementations use sind pathfinding algorithms like BfS or Dijkstra. The pathfinding itself is not part of the BOLTs anyway. A node could do whatever it wants with the information provided from the gossip store / gossip protocol. (BOLT 07). People could in particular decide to go for the approach given by flare.

Improve this answer

Your Answer

By clicking “Post Your Answer”, you agree to our terms of service and acknowledge that you have read and understand our privacy policy and code of conduct.

Not the answer you're looking for? Browse other questions tagged or ask your own question.