Difference between revisions of "Atomic multipath payments"

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''Atomic Multpath Payments'' (''AMP'') are payments that use multiple paths to complete a transaction that either all complete successfully or none complete successfully.  
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'''Atomic Multpath Payments''' ('''AMP''') are payments that use multiple paths to complete a transaction that either all complete successfully or none complete successfully.  
  
 
One of the problems the lightning network has had is limited ability to send higher-value payments, because of limitations in channel capacity along possible routes to the payee. Using AMP, a payer can send a payment using many paths, which can make larger payments far more reliable.
 
One of the problems the lightning network has had is limited ability to send higher-value payments, because of limitations in channel capacity along possible routes to the payee. Using AMP, a payer can send a payment using many paths, which can make larger payments far more reliable.

Revision as of 19:04, 25 May 2020

Atomic Multpath Payments (AMP) are payments that use multiple paths to complete a transaction that either all complete successfully or none complete successfully.

One of the problems the lightning network has had is limited ability to send higher-value payments, because of limitations in channel capacity along possible routes to the payee. Using AMP, a payer can send a payment using many paths, which can make larger payments far more reliable.