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Because it would create a nasty dependency of the CLTV deltas over the CSV delay or a reduced security for HTLCs.
Having the revocation path in the second-stage transaction allows to be able to timeout an HTLC (ie your peer cannot redeem it via pre-image anymore) while still leaving the revocation period (CSV) intact for you to be punished if you ...
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Unless bob uses a watchtower service where he outsources the storage of data Bob needs to know all previous revocation secrets. However he does not need to store and save all of them as the revocation secretes are derived in a deterministic way. This means whenever I know a revocation secret of a current state I will be able to derive all previous revocation ...
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In order for you to see these scripts you'll have to force the channel on-chain, along with the HTLC. Only then will the HTLC be swept using the script, otherwise you'll only see the P2WSH output for the HTLC being added and then removed if the payment succeeds or fails.
Under normal operation you wouldn't therefore see the HTLC. When testing c-lightning we ...
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