From 4c54b07ed8c5e8a127a3d32547227e56b02e888a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Andreas M. Antonopoulos" Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2020 09:25:13 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Fixes to edit review --- 03_how_ln_works.asciidoc | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/03_how_ln_works.asciidoc b/03_how_ln_works.asciidoc index 0cbadf8..a2ea6e9 100644 --- a/03_how_ln_works.asciidoc +++ b/03_how_ln_works.asciidoc @@ -459,7 +459,7 @@ Payments on the Lightning Network are forwarded along a _path_ made of channels A frequent criticism of the Lightning network is that "routing" is not solved, or even is an "unsolvable" problem. In fact, routing is trivial. Path finding, on the other hand, is a difficult problem. The two terms are often confused and need to be clearly defined to identify which problem we are attempting to solve. ==== -As we will see next, the Lightning Network currently uses a _source-based onion-routed_ protocol for path finding and routing payments. Source-based means that the sender of the payment has to find a path through the network to the intended destination. Onion-routed means that the elements of the path are layered (like an onion), with each layer encrypted so that it can only be seen by one node at a time. We will discuss onion routing in the next section. +As we will see next, the Lightning Network currently uses a _source-based_ protocol for path finding and an _onion routed_ protocol for routing payments. Source-based means that the sender of the payment has to find a path through the network to the intended destination. Onion-routed means that the elements of the path are layered (like an onion), with each layer encrypted so that it can only be seen by one node at a time. We will discuss onion routing in the next section. === Source-based Path Finding