Rusty Russell [ARCHIVE] on Nostr: 📅 Original date posted:2018-12-02 📝 Original message: ZmnSCPxj <ZmnSCPxj at ...
📅 Original date posted:2018-12-02
📝 Original message:
ZmnSCPxj <ZmnSCPxj at protonmail.com> writes:
> But what if 2 of those paths fail?
> It would be better to merge them into a single payment along the expensive 4th path.
> However, the remaining succeeding path has already given `numpaths`=3.
>
> Using `numpaths` overcommits to what you will do in the future, and is unnecessary anyway.
> The payee is interested in the total value, not the details of the split.
Excellent point.
Thanks,
Rusty.
📝 Original message:
ZmnSCPxj <ZmnSCPxj at protonmail.com> writes:
> But what if 2 of those paths fail?
> It would be better to merge them into a single payment along the expensive 4th path.
> However, the remaining succeeding path has already given `numpaths`=3.
>
> Using `numpaths` overcommits to what you will do in the future, and is unnecessary anyway.
> The payee is interested in the total value, not the details of the split.
Excellent point.
Thanks,
Rusty.