From ZmnSCPxj at protonmail.com  Thu Mar 14 08:03:43 2019
From: ZmnSCPxj at protonmail.com (ZmnSCPxj)
Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2019 08:03:43 +0000
Subject: [Lightning-dev] Fee structure
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Good morning John-John,

> That would not regard the size of the payments though? A payment leaving the balance at the far end would pay the same proportional fee as one close to the middle.

"Proportional" means the fee paid is greater if the payment being forwarded is greater.
That is what "proportional" means.

Assuming your current balance on the channel is "perfect", in order for a payment passing through you to massively upset that balance, that payment must be large in value relative to the channel capacity.

And the proportional fee is larger if the payment is larger.

So it *perfectly* regards the size of the payments.

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ZmnSCPxj