Questions tagged [hash-time-locked-contract]
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Single-hop Payment vs Multi-hop payments
I am beginner of lightning network. When i am looking roughly lightning network whitepaper, i was confused about the types of contracts used in single-hop and multi-hop.
As far as I understand, In ...
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Do HTLCs get “carried over” in the subsequent commitment transactions?
With regular commitment transactions, current transaction invalidates the previous one. This is fine, since TXs between A and B in their channel happen one after another. However, HTLCs are sort of ...
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lightning to lightning non custodial swaps [closed]
Do you know the way to freeze funds in lightning tx to implement atomic swap between two independent lightning networks?
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Method to create P2SH address
I am trying to create a htlc smart contract manually by writing a script and finding the hex using the btcc compiler. Now node A has to create a transaction using that hex and lock money in that p2sh ...
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HTLCs and commitment transactions
Why commitment transactions can't simply be HTLCs instead of contracts revocable by having the second half of the Revocable Private Key? I mean, why bother to create a Revocable Public Key from two ...
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BOLT #3: Shouldn't timeout be included in the script of “Offered HTLC Outputs” for the local node?
According to the BOLT #3 documentation, the offered HTLC output has the following script that allows the remote node to claim the funds with the payment pre-image and the local node to claim it after ...
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Remote node signature for HTLC-success and HTLC-timeout transactions
According to BOLT #3, when constructing a HTLC output in the version of the local node (both received and offered HTLC), it requires that the payment to the local node is locked with CHECKMULTISIG ...
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How multiple unfinished payments in single LN channel work?
I think I understand HTLCs, at least if they are on chain. I also have a basic understanding of how off chain channel looks like.
I understand it as follows. It is a 2-of-2 multisig transaction ...
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Why do we use CLTV instead of CSV in the HTLC output of the commitment transaction?
In lightning network commitment transactions, the HTLC offered/received outputs generally pay the offering node after a timeout which is scripted using CLTV. In other parts of the commitment ...
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Implement HTLC manually by writing scripts
Is there any way to implement HTLC manually for locking funds in the channels in lightning network for a period of time (by setting intervals) and releasing the funds after the time lock expired using ...
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How can I create HTLCs below dust_limit_satoshi in Lightning Network?
BOLT#2 documentation for open_channel message has two points (dust_limit_satoshi and htlc_min_msat) in the data message that I found confusing. Below is the statement related to dust_limit_satoshi:
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“HTLCs don't work for micropayments”?
I read this tweet by Tadge Dryja recently. What exactly did he mean? Is this an issue? If so, is this issue fixable?
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Destination address(es) when redeeming an HTLC
Starting from this text at https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Script:
"The script for a typical Bitcoin transfer to destination Bitcoin address D simply encumbers future spending of the bitcoins with two ...
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In which cases could I find funds locked in a failed route?
I received an invoice from node Z and my node (A) suggests me 4 possible routes.
If the first two routes fail, are there cases in which funds can get stuck in one of these routes until the HTLC ...
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Security implications of removing CHECKSIG in a test
If I conduct an htlc transaction on testnet that does not include OP_CHECKSIG will it still cost an attacker more than (say) $10 in processing power or storage to subvert my tests?
Details: I'm ...
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What is the relation between a Hash Time Lock Contract(HTLC) and a Commitment transaction?
I want to know about what happens to the commitment transactions as the HTLC's are sent and cleared along to peers in a route.
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How to perform atomic swap Bitcoin-Litecoin
I am running Bitcoin and Litecoin nodes fully synced on testnet.Can I perform atomic swapping by using this networks?
I heard it can be done through HTLC(Hash Time Locked Contracts). How can I do ...
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Basic questions about lightning network HTLC
I'm reading about lightning and I have a few questions:
The HTLC contract seems to be different at each new path payment channel is opened (due to a different Hash value that needs to be provided), ...
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Hash Time Locked Contract (HTLC) using bitcoin-qt [duplicate]
Is it possible to manually create a Hash Time Locked Contract using the bitcoin-qt command line?
I have dabbled with manually creating createrawtransaction / sendrawtransaction using the bitcoin-qt ...
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HTLC (Hash Time Lock Contract) using bitcoin-qt
Is it possible to manually create a HTLC using the bitcoin-qt command line?
I know how to manually creating createrawtransaction/sendrawtransaction using the bitcoin-qt clients command line, and ...
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Lightning Network: hashlocks vs private keys exchange
I am reading the Lightning Network paper and noticed that when describing bidirectional payment channels, the authors used "Breach Remedy transactions" and the exchange of the two parties' private ...
