NickRHill

Thinking out loud here; The typical internet model is for a domain name to point to an (or series) of IP address(es) where services are delivered, port numbers which define...

I have operated a node for a while, and come to the conclusion the graph theory of the network interconnect is only one dimension. Presuming you have a system to...

The gen3 update that includes splicing and active channel management would lend itself to ad-hoc payments, as you'd expect from a lightning address payment scheme. The lack of a Lightning...

Since the cost in May went to 300 sat/Vb, placing straight on-chain could cause big user losses. We can get very close to perfect by using an opt-in third-party payment...

> Negative fees are a very controversial change that may impact the whole network and its incentives structure. It deserves a thorough motivation and analysis, and the PR description doesn't...

If we agree that a negative fee system is a good thing, then implementation of this change at gossip level in a backwardly compatible way could be achieved by reserving...

> @NickRHill I don't think your proposal is backwards compatible. You are much more experienced than me on these matters so would love to understand why.

> When old clients do not look at the `neg_ppm` flag and interpret the fee as positive, they are unlikely to pick that node (depending on how negative the fee...

I'm not familiar with such TLV extensions. You are much more experienced with the enginerring side of the protocol. Are there downsides to a TLV extension? For example, is the...

Which approach will attract more resistance?