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0 sats \ 4 replies \ @DarthCoin 18 Dec 2025 \ parent \ on: Doubt about private channels bitcoin_beginners

the peer you have a private channel with will forward the payment to you and that peer must have a public channel to be able to receive the routed payment.

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0 sats \ 3 replies \ @Fenix 2 Jan

Let me see if I got this right. To keep this channel private, the route would be as follows:
A- My private node
B- A second node, either my own or a third party's
C- LSP

A and B have a private channel, and B has a public channel with C that wraps the payments destined for A. Is that it?

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0 sats \ 2 replies \ @DarthCoin 2 Jan

More or less, yes.
A LN payment usually takes by default 4 hops, but you can set to take more if you want.
Hops means, how many nodes will route your payment. Each node do not know too much about sender and receiver, that's called onion routing.

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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @Fenix 2 Jan

Do this hops increase the fee, right?

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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @DarthCoin 2 Jan

yes, ofc, are routers, each router charge a fee.

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