From pm+lists at acinq.fr  Thu Oct  4 12:01:55 2018
From: pm+lists at acinq.fr (Pierre)
Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2018 14:01:55 +0200
Subject: [Lightning-dev] RouteBoost: Adding 'r=' fields to BOLT 11
 invoices to flag capacity
In-Reply-To: <877ejg9avy.fsf@rustcorp.com.au>
References: <877ejg9avy.fsf@rustcorp.com.au>
Message-ID: <CAMXsxZMJOiicyZwaSgf0BW4ezWhy8d8gZxK2qbbj=2hwmPAkeA@mail.gmail.com>

Ha! I actually came up with the idea two months ago (but you beat me
to it on the implementation so we're even :-)

https://github.com/ACINQ/eclair-wallet/issues/101#issuecomment-408619207


Le jeu. 20 sept. 2018 ? 04:12, Rusty Russell <rusty at blockstream.com> a ?crit :
>
> Hi all,
>
>         I'm considering a change to c-lightning, where `invoice` would
> automatically append an 'r' field for a channel which has sufficient
> *incoming* capacity for the amount (using a weighted probability across
> our peers).
>
>          This isn't quite what 'r' was for, but it would be a useful
> hint for payment routing and also potentially for establishing an
> initial channel.  This is an issue for the Blockstream Store which
> deliberately doesn't advertize an address any more to avoid
> centralization.
>
> Thoughts welcome!
> Rusty.
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