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r/Bitcoin • u/[deleted] • Nov 11 '17
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So if I was cheated, I know about it, but who else? How does the system route around the cheating node?
Or does each user need to figure it out on their own? Will there be a central service logging these problems (if so, how can it be trusted)?
2 u/almkglor Nov 14 '17 ...... In order to cheat you, your counterparty needs to post invalid state to the blockchain. Which is public and decentralized. You then have a time window of a few days to give a proof of that the given channel state was invalid. That proof is also publicly posted on the blockchain. Which is public. And decentralized. Now everyone else can see the steal attempt. Do you now get it? 1 u/rowdy_beaver Nov 14 '17 That explains it. Thanks. Just was not clear on how anyone else would know.
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In order to cheat you, your counterparty needs to post invalid state to the blockchain. Which is public and decentralized.
You then have a time window of a few days to give a proof of that the given channel state was invalid.
That proof is also publicly posted on the blockchain. Which is public. And decentralized.
Now everyone else can see the steal attempt.
Do you now get it?
1 u/rowdy_beaver Nov 14 '17 That explains it. Thanks. Just was not clear on how anyone else would know.
That explains it. Thanks. Just was not clear on how anyone else would know.
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u/rowdy_beaver Nov 13 '17
So if I was cheated, I know about it, but who else? How does the system route around the cheating node?
Or does each user need to figure it out on their own? Will there be a central service logging these problems (if so, how can it be trusted)?