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Hold fees: 402 Payment Required for Lightning itself

Hold fees: 402 Payment Required for Lightning itself

Original Postby ZmnSCPxj

Posted on: October 13, 2020 12:57 UTC

In this context, ZmnSCPxj discusses a potential attack on the lightning network by exploiting pre-existing trust relationships between intermediaries.

By forwarding the payment through multiple nodes, the attacker could lock up the capacity of less-capitalized competitors in the payment forwarding business. The primary attackers would be the payer and payee who are coordinating with each other to lock up the funds of other lesser-capacity nodes. To protect against such attacks, tr*stworthiness needs to be judged without revealing identities.