A separate balance sheet records the transactions in the lightning network which then gets stored within
the individual payment channel.
It's clear from the white paper that a great deal of game theory goes into making
individual payment channels and routing of payments across channels robust against counterparty theft.
Individual payment channels composed as a series of interconnected links are what make the Lightning Network possible.
Not exact matches
At least two
individuals who have been running the Lightning Network on the Bitcoin mainnet have apparently lost funds due to bugs when they tried to close
payment channels.
LN opens «
payment channels» between parties who want to transact in private; when both actors decide to «close» the
payment channel, their data would be recorded on - chain (instead of each
individual transaction).
For example, if Steven buys a bagel from the corner café several times a month during his lunch break, he and the merchant can open a secure and
individual Bitcoin
payment channel through the lightning network.
«At least two
individuals who have been running the Lightning Network on the Bitcoin mainnet have apparently lost funds due to bugs when they tried to close
payment channels.»
Developers had been monitoring the attack — a Denial - of - Service (DoS) exploit — for nearly two weeks, which saw the previously - unidentified
individuals probe the security of network nodes by flooding them with requests to open
payment channels.
«I propose an improved scheme using
payment channels which would allow far more
individual hashers to mine on p2pool and result in a much lower payout variance.
Core developers had been monitoring the attack — a Denial - of - Service (DoS) exploit — for nearly two weeks, which saw the previously - unidentified
individuals probe the security of network nodes by flooding them with requests to open
payment channels.