diff --git a/07_routing_htlcs.asciidoc b/07_routing_htlcs.asciidoc index a6f93b7..1a586ca 100644 --- a/07_routing_htlcs.asciidoc +++ b/07_routing_htlcs.asciidoc @@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ It's important to note that we separate the concept of _routing_ from the concep Path Finding, which is covered in <> is the process of finding and choosing a contiguous path made of payment channels which connects the sender A to the recipient B. The sender of a payment does the path finding, by examining the _channel graph_ which they have assembled from channel announcements gossiped by other nodes. -Routing refers to the series of interactions across the network that allow a payment to _flow_ from A to B, across the path previously selected by path finding. Routing is the _active_ process of sending a payment on a path, which involves the cooperation of all the intermediary nodes along that path. +Routing refers to the series of interactions across the network that attempt to forward a payment from some point A to another point B, across the path previously selected by path finding. Routing is the active process of sending a payment on a path, which involves the cooperation of all the intermediary nodes along that path. An important rule of thumb is that it's possible for a _path_ to exist between Alice and Bob, yet there may not be an active _route_ on which to send the payment.