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@ -1124,17 +1124,22 @@ route discovery use a P2P model where nodes propagate channel
announcements to their peers in a "flooding" model, similar to how
Bitcoin propagates transactions.
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<p class="fix_tracking">
In our previous example, Alice's node uses one of these route discovery
mechanisms to find one or more paths connecting her node to Eric's node.
Once Alice's node has constructed a path, she will initialize that path
through the network by propagating a series of encrypted and nested
instructions to connect each of the adjacent payment channels.
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<p class="fix_tracking">
Importantly, this path is only known to Alice's node. All other
participants in the payment route see only the adjacent nodes. From
Carol's perspective, this looks like a payment from Bob to Diana. Carol
does not know that Bob is actually relaying a payment from Alice. She
also doesn't know that Diana will be relaying a payment to Eric.
also doesn't know that Diana will be relaying a payment to Eric.</p>
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This is a critical feature of the LN because it ensures
privacy of payments and makes it difficult to apply surveillance,