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Chapter overview:
* How path finding works in the network
Relevant questions to answer:
* What is packet switching? What is circuit switching? Which one does LN use today?
* In the abstract what is path finding?
* What is dijkstra's? What modifications need to be made to apply it to this domain?
* Why must path finding happen backwards (receiver to sender)?
* How is the information contained in a channel update used in path finding?
* How can errors sent during payment routing help the sender to narrow their search space?
* What is payment splitting? How does it work?
* What information can be sent to intermediate and the final node aside from the critical routing data?
* What are multi-hop locks? What addition privacy and security guarantees to they offer?
* How can the flexible onion space be used to enabled packet switching in the network?