From dab3b10a0bca7548d8b0401e0cc3c7b3a47b0ede Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "kristen@oreilly.com" Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2021 18:22:47 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Edited 16_security_privacy_ln.asciidoc with Atlas code editor --- 16_security_privacy_ln.asciidoc | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/16_security_privacy_ln.asciidoc b/16_security_privacy_ln.asciidoc index 1f7e5be..a827f51 100644 --- a/16_security_privacy_ln.asciidoc +++ b/16_security_privacy_ln.asciidoc @@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ Note that in any case, Mallory's estimation becomes twice as precise after just She can continue probing, choosing the next probing amount such that it divides the current estimation interval in half. This well-known search technique is called _binary search_. With binary search, the number of probes is _logarithmic_ in the desired precision. -For example, to obtain Alice's balance in a channel of 1 million satoshis up to a single satoshi, Mallory would only have to perform log~2~(1,000,000) ≈ 20 probings. +For example, to obtain Alice's balance in a channel of 1 million satoshis up to a single satoshi, Mallory would only have to perform log~2~ (1,000,000) ≈ 20 probings. If one probing takes 3 seconds, one channel can be precisely probed in only about a minute! Channel probing can be made even more efficient.