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123 sats \ 7 replies \ @BitcoinErrorLog 13h \ on: Phoenix 2.7.0 - Taproot channels! lightning
Are these channels compatible with the old ones? Or does this basically start another Lightning Network?
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But presumably ACINQ runs a node that has both these taproot channels and normal channels? So someone paying a phoenix user can have the payment flow over both normal channels (on the way to the Phoenix LSP and then over a taproot channel to the user.
So a taproot channel wouldn't be a separate network any more than any other channel on its own is?
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presumably ACINQ runs a node that has both these taproot channels and normal channels?
Yes, private channels are a consensus of two. The spec for public channels (ie channels wanting to be included in the network graph) does not support taproot channels yet afaik.
So a taproot channel wouldn't be a separate network any more than any other channel on its own is?
A private taproot channel wouldn't be a separate network any more than any other private channel on its own is. A private channel is like a network of size two, so it is a separate network in a sense.
Public channels which are included in the network graph and can carry payments for other nodes (be routed across) are expected to have non-taproot channels currently.
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this is super helpful! thanks.
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I don't see why a node couldn't have both taproot and normal channels, but probably the lightning people should weigh in.
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Yes you can have both types of channels as you can have public and private channels on the same node. Is just an option when you open a new channel and also the peer have to support it too.
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I hope you are joking with this question...
Coming from a guy that "builds" a LN wallet and doesn't know how taproot channels work? Is a joke right?
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