Re: [Lightning-dev] Peer Selection

Hi Cristian, If there is such a great company, BlockStream. and Blockstream runs a fantastic high quality node, then as a user why should I connect to any node other than Blockstream? In this case I dont need to be online all the time and dont need to monitor the blockchain for anything. I will

Re: [Lightning-dev] Peer Selection

Let me add some more color to the discussion. If you do not announce the existence of the channel to the wider network you can still receive incoming payments, by simply telling the payment sender about the channel. This is what is being done in the payment request by adding the `r` parameter to

Re: [Lightning-dev] Peer Selection

d on that channel (max_accepted_htlcs). If those limits would > be violated by a route attempting to go to you, the route simply fails and > the payer will have to find another route. > > Regards, > ZmnSCPxj > > > Sent with ProtonMail Secure Email. > >

Re: [Lightning-dev] Peer Selection

l Message -------- Subject: Re: [Lightning-dev] Peer Selection Local Time: December 14, 2017 12:10 AM UTC Time: December 13, 2017 4:10 PM From: stan.kla...@galacticexchange.io To: ZmnSCPxj <zmnsc...@protonmail.com> lightning-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org <lightning-dev@lists.linuxfo

Re: [Lightning-dev] Peer selection

ZmnSCPxj via Lightning-dev writes: > Good morning Stan, > >>How to I discover nodes - is there any UI to see nodes currently >>running on the network ? > > There are no UIs to my knowledge. Current LN programs keep track of this in > their databases,

Re: [Lightning-dev] Peer selection

that actually supports being run as a Tor hidden service yet, however. Regards, ZmnSCPxj Sent with ProtonMail Secure Email. Original Message Subject: Re: [Lightning-dev] Peer selection Local Time: December 13, 2017 9:04 PM UTC Time: December 13, 2017 1:04 PM From: stan.kla

Re: [Lightning-dev] Peer selection

Good morning Stan, >How to I discover nodes - is there any UI to see nodes currently >running on the network ? There are no UIs to my knowledge. Current LN programs keep track of this in their databases, although each one varies in detail. Presumably their individual main developers know how

Re: [Lightning-dev] Peer selection

I see - thank you. How to I discover nodes - is there any UI to see nodes currently running on the network ? > 3. How do I find out if someone wants to connect to me? > The node connects to yours and sends channel funding messages. In this case there is some kind of an UI where I can accept or

[Lightning-dev] Peer selection

I have been reading LN specs, one question that I am trying to answer is how do I find a peer for my lightning connections. Lets say I want to connect to the network with 6 links, each having $100. 1. How do I select the nodes to peer with? 2. How do I make them to do deposits - ideally I want