From 4830d1a7391a3025da143e864ab2b0ace998e089 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Andreas M. Antonopoulos" Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2020 09:40:51 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Fixes #414 --- 02_getting_started.asciidoc | 4 +--- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/02_getting_started.asciidoc b/02_getting_started.asciidoc index b349537..3fcdfb2 100644 --- a/02_getting_started.asciidoc +++ b/02_getting_started.asciidoc @@ -40,10 +40,8 @@ The term "Lightning Wallet" is somewhat ambiguous, as it can describe a broad va * A Lightning Network node (Lightning node) that communicates on the Peer-to-Peer network, as described previously. * A Bitcoin node that stores blockchain data and communicates with other Bitcoin nodes. * A database "map" of nodes and channels that are announced on the Lightning network. -* A "gossip" participant that learns about nodes and channels on the network to construct the "map" of the network. -* A channel data store containing state about channels on the Lightning Network as well as signatures to settle them. * A channel manager that can open and close Lightning Network channels. -* A path-finding system that can identify a path of connected channels from payment source to payment destination. +* A path-finding system that can find a path of connected channels from payment source to payment destination. A Lightning wallet may contain all of these functions, acting as a "full" wallet, with no reliance on any third-party services. Or, one or more of these components may rely (partially or entirely) on third-party services that mediate those functions.