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ch01: fix link to Mike Hearn's Bitcointalk post

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Olaoluwa Osuntokun 5 years ago
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@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ A key requirement for a second layer protocol such as Lightning (which will be d
The `nSequence` field was intended to allow users to transmit updated versions of a transaction to the network, changing the outputs of a transaction, effectively creating a payment channel. The `nSequence` field was intended to allow users to transmit updated versions of a transaction to the network, changing the outputs of a transaction, effectively creating a payment channel.
Such a payment channel would then be valid as long as the transaction was not mined. Such a payment channel would then be valid as long as the transaction was not mined.
According to a mailing list post in 2013, by early Bitcoin developer Mike Hearn, Satoshi Nakamoto envisioned this construct for high frequency trading.footnote:HearnBitcoinDev[Mike Hearn on Bitcoin-dev - April 16th 2013 - Anti DoS for tx replacement http://web.archive.org/web/20190501234757/https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/bitcoin-dev/2013-April/002433.html.] According to a mailing list post in 2013, by early Bitcoin developer Mike Hearn, Satoshi Nakamoto envisioned this construct for high frequency trading.footnote:HearnBitcoinDev[Mike Hearn on Bitcoin-dev - April 16th 2013 - Anti DoS for tx replacement http://web.archive.org/web/20190501234813/https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/bitcoin-dev/2013-April/002417.html.]
However, there were some weaknesses in this initial formulation that limited its potential. Firstly, the payment channel would only be open until the transaction was mined in a block, either limiting the duration of the payment channel or handing control of the payment channel to the miners. Secondly, there was no economic incentive for miners to respect the `nSequence` number, reducing the utility of this mechanism. However, there were some weaknesses in this initial formulation that limited its potential. Firstly, the payment channel would only be open until the transaction was mined in a block, either limiting the duration of the payment channel or handing control of the payment channel to the miners. Secondly, there was no economic incentive for miners to respect the `nSequence` number, reducing the utility of this mechanism.

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