HTLCs

Hash time-locked contracts enable conditional payments that can be securely routed across multiple Lightning channels.

Context

Why it matters

Hash time-locked contracts enable conditional payments that can be securely routed across multiple Lightning channels.

Canonical knowledge

What California Bitcoin maintains

Hash time-locked contracts enable conditional payments that can be securely routed across multiple Lightning channels.

Primary and technical sources

Evidence before assertion

The Bitcoin Lightning Network

Joseph Poon and Thaddeus Dryja

Tier 1 · primary

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Lightning Network Payment channels Lightning liquidity On-chain versus Lightning

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